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Another double-seminar Tuesday coming up:<\/p>\n

In 720 this afternoon, we’re talking up the
\nstases<\/a>
\n(definition, fact, cause, value and action, following Fahnestock and Secor) and
\nlooking through Joseph
\nWilliams’ "Problems into PROBLEMS"<\/a> (PDF) to re-see the first few pages of
\ntwo pieces–one of our own and one from a journal. I appreciate the
\nproblems<\/i> brought up in the comments
\n
\nwhen Collin first mentioned Williams’ monograph<\/a> back in June–problems of
\nbeing too dedicated to problem orientations, of fixating superproblematic.
\nStill, I found this process immensely useful–returning to Williams, turning
\nWilliams’ prototype intro-grammar toward an essay I’ve been struggling with, and
\ngiving a similarly framed writerly reading to a published article.
\nWilliams’ model, like the stases, were exactly the heuristics I was needing to
\npull apart a few of the stifling think-knots messing up my writing. For
\nnext week, Gunther Kress, Literacy in the New Media Age<\/i>. I’ll try
\nto post some notes; I’ve got to get going with it later this week because I’m
\nalso leading the discussion of Kress’ stuff.<\/p>\n

Before 720, however, I’ve got three hours of cybercartography, including pair
\nof mini-briefings (short talks in front of the class). One covers good\/bad
\nexamples of maps designed for the screen; the other is a report on early moves
\ntoward the larger project for the course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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