Hawk – A Counter-History of Composition: Toward Methodologies of Complexity
Hawk – A Counter-History of Composition: Toward Methodologies of Complexity Introduction: From Vitalism to Complexity Hawk claims that compositionists consider the term vitalism as an “anything goes” approach to writing and thinking, as an “ahistorical category that subsumes multiple divergent practices, and as an assumed negative counterpart to preferred rhetorical practices that establishes a binary between rhetoric and poetics” (3). ... Read More
Johnson – Craft Knowledge: Of Disciplinarity in Writing Studies
Johnson, Robert. “Craft Knowledge: Of Disciplinarity in Writing Studies.” CCC June 2010. Abstract: This article argues that craft knowledge can provide a disciplinary rationale for writingstudies. It draws from the ancient concepts of teche, phronesis, and the four causes of making and makes the case for a definition of disciplinary knowledge fitting for writing studies. The article concludes with a conceptual framework that can serve as... Read More
