The document discusses a text about the Federation of Working Class Writers in the UK. It provides examples of writing from federation groups and discusses tensions that arise when genres are broken. Comments question what is gained or lost by the genre choices in the text and compare it to the genre of zines. The use of new printing technologies to publish independently is also discussed, as well as implications for rhetorical agency and imagined communities.
The New Past, and a Speculative Future, of Literature: A Brief Discussion of ...NatGustafsonSundell
This presentation consists of three sections: (1) a brief description of the work of Franco Moretti and Matthew Jockers to exemplify how past literature can be seen anew using text analysis tools, (2) a brief description of Voyant and TMT in the context of text analysis generally, (3) a science fiction extrapolation describing text creation tools as the obverse of text analysis tools. One might imagine a new future literature in which text artists build texts by combining words at a distance. One might imagine an obverse to Voyant: a “text creation system” which allows users to add numbers of words to a text and to define the proximity of those words to each other using network visualizations and other tools. The construction of such texts could be imagined to be every bit as complex as writing a novel, as artists might manipulate webs of words to differentiate and potentiate shades of meaning.
Notational systems and cognitive evolutionJeff Long
October 29, 2005: “Notational Systems and Cognitive Evolution”. Presented at the 2005
Annual Conference of the American Society for Cybernetics. Paper published in conference proceedings.
Paper presented at the one day workshop "Communities and Networks in the Book Trade", Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester, 13 March 2009.
Auto-ethnography” is a form of anthropological writing where thcameroncourtney45
“Auto-ethnography” is a form of anthropological writing where the author explores their own life and personal experiences, analytically connecting these experiences to wider cultural practices and meanings. You must use your anthropological
imagination and analysis
to frame and explain to your reader how your personal experience fits into broader material and social infrastructures, cultural processes, identity communities, and symbolic meanings. The goal of auto-ethnography is both
to
communicate
in writing something of
what the experience feels like
from the “native point of view,”
and
to
interpret and explain
the significance of this experience and its connection to broader social dynamics
using anthropological analysis
.
Both of these components must be well-developed in your short paper.
PROMPT: After watching Amber Case’s short TED talk about cyborg anthropology (shown in class on March 6, but easily searchable online), think about the ways you interact with your primary digital device or devices (phone, tablet, laptop, etc.). In a short paper (2-3 pages, double spaced, standard font) explore the entanglement of technological extensions with your identity and personhood.
You are
not
required
to incorporate answers to all the questions below (that would be impossible in a short paper)—they are offered here just to spur your ideas.
How is the device part of your everyday practice?
In what ways does it connect you to your social communities?
How does it help you construct a sense of self?
What factors help to expand your capacity and reach as a human being?
Are there any ways you feel trapped or hindered by your technology?
Overall, how is it being a cyborg-human in the early 21st century?
How do you imagine tech saturation has made your experience as a human different from past generations?
In what ways are you doing just what earlier humans did, but on different platforms?”
don't write anything about US and religion.
...
Introduction to SociologyInstructor Glenna L. SimonsGUIDEL.docxmariuse18nolet
Introduction to Sociology
Instructor: Glenna L. Simons
GUIDELINES FOR PAPER ONE
Paper One will consist of two parts. PART I should be a contrast/comparison of each of the three major sociological perspectives discussed in class. Please compare/contrast each of the three on the basis of the image of society offered by each, the image of social change, the fundamental elements and questions asked by sociologists within each perspective. Also mention the major classic theorists and some of their contributions. Please discuss how each of the perspectives reflects the time and place in which the theorists were writing, putting their ideas into a social and historical context.
PART II will consist of the APPLICATION part of the paper. Choose some social phenomena (marriage, homelessness, crime , video games--could be ANYTHING that relates to human behavior) and then describe how a sociologist from each of the three perspectives would go about studying the phenomena from that particular perspective. What sorts of questions might he or she ask? How would the phenomena be viewed, what aspects would the sociologist be interested in?
Papers should be 5 to 7 pages in length. You should refer to portions of the text, readings, and/or class notes when describing concepts (and be sure to include a reference page). Citation style may be APA, MLA, or any other format you are familiar with (or that is required for your particular major). Criteria for grading the papers are as follows:
1. Paper must be well written and well organized--it may be helpful to break it down into sections.
2. Responsiveness--don’t just strive to “fill pages”--make sure to respond to the requirements of the assignment, and you will easily have enough pages.
3. Creativity/originality--Expand your mind! Be creative in the examples you use, and/or in the way you apply the theories.
4. Use of text materials and class notes--Good papers will weave together the concepts in the books with “real life” examples. Again, have a reference page.
GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN WITH THIS ---GET CREATIVE! J
Three Theoretical Frameworks
Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory, & Symbolic Interaction
I. STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM
A MACRO level theory –Focuses on large scale structures and institutions
Views a “society” as a “whole” consisting of interdependent and interrelated “parts.” The parts serve “functions” for the benefit of the whole.
One could envision the “parts” of a society as the different social institutions, social classes, or social groups—or, we could even envision PEOPLE as the parts!
Structural functionalists are interested in how to maintain social ORDER and STABILITY.
Image of Society: A living ORGANISM, with each part of the organism fulfilling a vital function for the whole
Image of Social change: Social changes proceeds in a gradual, linear, adaptive fashion—EVOLUTIONARY!
Fundamental Elements: Society is based upon SHARED VALUES—wh.
The New Past, and a Speculative Future, of Literature: A Brief Discussion of ...NatGustafsonSundell
This presentation consists of three sections: (1) a brief description of the work of Franco Moretti and Matthew Jockers to exemplify how past literature can be seen anew using text analysis tools, (2) a brief description of Voyant and TMT in the context of text analysis generally, (3) a science fiction extrapolation describing text creation tools as the obverse of text analysis tools. One might imagine a new future literature in which text artists build texts by combining words at a distance. One might imagine an obverse to Voyant: a “text creation system” which allows users to add numbers of words to a text and to define the proximity of those words to each other using network visualizations and other tools. The construction of such texts could be imagined to be every bit as complex as writing a novel, as artists might manipulate webs of words to differentiate and potentiate shades of meaning.
Notational systems and cognitive evolutionJeff Long
October 29, 2005: “Notational Systems and Cognitive Evolution”. Presented at the 2005
Annual Conference of the American Society for Cybernetics. Paper published in conference proceedings.
Paper presented at the one day workshop "Communities and Networks in the Book Trade", Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester, 13 March 2009.
Auto-ethnography” is a form of anthropological writing where thcameroncourtney45
“Auto-ethnography” is a form of anthropological writing where the author explores their own life and personal experiences, analytically connecting these experiences to wider cultural practices and meanings. You must use your anthropological
imagination and analysis
to frame and explain to your reader how your personal experience fits into broader material and social infrastructures, cultural processes, identity communities, and symbolic meanings. The goal of auto-ethnography is both
to
communicate
in writing something of
what the experience feels like
from the “native point of view,”
and
to
interpret and explain
the significance of this experience and its connection to broader social dynamics
using anthropological analysis
.
Both of these components must be well-developed in your short paper.
PROMPT: After watching Amber Case’s short TED talk about cyborg anthropology (shown in class on March 6, but easily searchable online), think about the ways you interact with your primary digital device or devices (phone, tablet, laptop, etc.). In a short paper (2-3 pages, double spaced, standard font) explore the entanglement of technological extensions with your identity and personhood.
You are
not
required
to incorporate answers to all the questions below (that would be impossible in a short paper)—they are offered here just to spur your ideas.
How is the device part of your everyday practice?
In what ways does it connect you to your social communities?
How does it help you construct a sense of self?
What factors help to expand your capacity and reach as a human being?
Are there any ways you feel trapped or hindered by your technology?
Overall, how is it being a cyborg-human in the early 21st century?
How do you imagine tech saturation has made your experience as a human different from past generations?
In what ways are you doing just what earlier humans did, but on different platforms?”
don't write anything about US and religion.
...
Introduction to SociologyInstructor Glenna L. SimonsGUIDEL.docxmariuse18nolet
Introduction to Sociology
Instructor: Glenna L. Simons
GUIDELINES FOR PAPER ONE
Paper One will consist of two parts. PART I should be a contrast/comparison of each of the three major sociological perspectives discussed in class. Please compare/contrast each of the three on the basis of the image of society offered by each, the image of social change, the fundamental elements and questions asked by sociologists within each perspective. Also mention the major classic theorists and some of their contributions. Please discuss how each of the perspectives reflects the time and place in which the theorists were writing, putting their ideas into a social and historical context.
PART II will consist of the APPLICATION part of the paper. Choose some social phenomena (marriage, homelessness, crime , video games--could be ANYTHING that relates to human behavior) and then describe how a sociologist from each of the three perspectives would go about studying the phenomena from that particular perspective. What sorts of questions might he or she ask? How would the phenomena be viewed, what aspects would the sociologist be interested in?
Papers should be 5 to 7 pages in length. You should refer to portions of the text, readings, and/or class notes when describing concepts (and be sure to include a reference page). Citation style may be APA, MLA, or any other format you are familiar with (or that is required for your particular major). Criteria for grading the papers are as follows:
1. Paper must be well written and well organized--it may be helpful to break it down into sections.
2. Responsiveness--don’t just strive to “fill pages”--make sure to respond to the requirements of the assignment, and you will easily have enough pages.
3. Creativity/originality--Expand your mind! Be creative in the examples you use, and/or in the way you apply the theories.
4. Use of text materials and class notes--Good papers will weave together the concepts in the books with “real life” examples. Again, have a reference page.
GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN WITH THIS ---GET CREATIVE! J
Three Theoretical Frameworks
Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory, & Symbolic Interaction
I. STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM
A MACRO level theory –Focuses on large scale structures and institutions
Views a “society” as a “whole” consisting of interdependent and interrelated “parts.” The parts serve “functions” for the benefit of the whole.
One could envision the “parts” of a society as the different social institutions, social classes, or social groups—or, we could even envision PEOPLE as the parts!
Structural functionalists are interested in how to maintain social ORDER and STABILITY.
Image of Society: A living ORGANISM, with each part of the organism fulfilling a vital function for the whole
Image of Social change: Social changes proceeds in a gradual, linear, adaptive fashion—EVOLUTIONARY!
Fundamental Elements: Society is based upon SHARED VALUES—wh.
3. Kate:
On the one hand, we do get a historicization of the federation of
working class writers and some wonderful examples of the writing
produced by federation groups. On the other, I kept feeling like
there were so many other important aspects to the project that I
wanted more information about. This made me reflect on my
expectations as an academic reader—that I expect a particular
genre to do particular things. What are some of the tensions that
happen when writers break genre expectations? Breaking genre
can be generative and exciting but there are also consequences. In
regards to this text, what is gained and what is loss in the choices
made in creating the text?
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4. Rachel:
I find the examples of work that are laid out within this text
interesting as compared to the text of a zine. While both texts
push against the status quo with awareness, does one do it more
effectively than the other? In many ways, it seems like the
literature throughout this text is very much mimicking that which
it wants to challenge, it that it stays within genera that is valued in
the world of publishing, and does not push into the vast array of
possibility that zines do. But then again, if these community
published texts are more widely read, are they more effective?
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
6. “We remain locally organised and federated because
this seems one way of continuing to work together and
share and develop skills, rather than to pass work over
to others who will edit, illustrate, package and market it
in a way that the writer cannot control”
- 19
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7. Writing does have a very particular magic to it. The idea
that you can, with very little equipment, set down
something which only you have made, and which can
give meaning to who you are and what has happened to
you; and the idea that this can be reproduced in
thousands of copies and come back to you in a form
which can help you recognise yourself in a new way, be
recognised by others as you wish to be recognised, and
enable you to live without the normal constraints of
waged work, i.e. make money... all that is, it must be
admitted, a bit magic!
- 48
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9. It has taken labour and thought to move away from the
forms of work of the publishing industry - one of
whose characteristics is the division of labour to the
point where responsibility for the shaping of the whole
work gets removed from the writer, dispersed and lost.
- 51
(See also 52)
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10. What are the technological factors in this equation? How do they
collude/collide with aspects of rhetorical agency?
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
11. When the community press started in the late 1960’s it
did so very much on the basis of ‘we must control the
means of production ourselves.’ The new offset litho
technology has made it possible for many people to
learn basic printing and plate-making on small A4 and
A3 machines. Similarly, access to an electric typewriter
with a carbon ribbon makes elementary typesetting
easy.
- 61
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12. LaToya:
If this local, process- and cultural production-oriented model of
publishing represents a more democratic process, and it is
achieved by creating more alternatives to dominant modes, what
are the rhetorical implications of such action? In other words, if we
are not “arguing against the current system,” as we are accustomed
to, in what ways can we use rhetoric [and technologies] to create
more alternatives and spaces that challenge Literature and the
power/ authority that comes along with it?
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
13. Rachel:
What does it mean for community publishing to be utilizing a
technological system that they are also pushing against? Is this an
ethical issue?
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
14. Kate:
How does the Federation of Working Writers act or not act as an
imagined community? What is the value of in thinking about these
writers as an imagined community?
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
15. Kate:
[Duncombe] says he was a punk, he lived in the scene, and
participated in zine subculture. Further, Duncombe is definitely
trying to write in as non-academicy and a zine-respecting way as
possible. In contrast, The Republic of Letters feels slightly more
academic and theoretical at times, but nonetheless seems to me
more like an authentic work of praxis. Did anyone else feel like
this? Does this authenticity matter when we are talking about the
democratic tendencies of communities of writers? Or, does the
sense of authenticity stem more from the distinctions between
zine subculture versus working class culture?
Wednesday, March 30, 2011