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Insignificant Wranglings
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Burke, Purpose, Rubric
Taking a break from work I have to finish, I grabbed Burke’s Grammar of Motives off the shelf. I found this great paragraph from the chapter “Agency and Purpose” challenging notions of neutral instrumentalism (that our instruments measure without purpose … Continue reading
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Deconstruction, Responsibility, and Greek-Europeans
Thanks Casey–I have a sneaking suspicion that when it comes to books, we have divergent tastes. When it comes to teaching, we share quite a lot. Like my last post, this started as a comment and grew into a long … Continue reading
Posted in deconstruction, derrida, enlightenment, holocaust, kant, politics, responsibility
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Practicing Deconstruction Responsibly
I think deconstruction, when practiced well, is both destruction and construction. Derrida’s later work provides numerous examples of such positive practice. But this would just get us into a tired, commonplace exchange. In terms of changing the University, I am … Continue reading
Posted in assessment, bill-readings, deconstruction, derrida, excellence, levinas, nussbaum
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Institutional Responsibility
The other day a colleague and I were discussing what to teach in this post-postmodern age, generally agreeing that rehashing the theory-science wars was counterproductive, and that teaching deconstructive critique (as a purely epistemological exercise) was out of steam. See … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary-rhetoric, derrida, rhetoric, teaching, theory
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The Multitude Speaks
Today, before heading out of the office, I wanted to check Facebook. And, oh my, I got a big DNS error page. Surprised, I turned to almighty Google with the search “Facebook DNS failure.” Lo and behold, Google’s top response … Continue reading
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Visual Rhetoric InDesign Project
I’m teaching an undergraduate course in Visual Rhetoric for the first time at USF this semester. Our first few projects involved analysis and manipulation in photoshop. Our fourth project requires students to work in groups of 4 to design a … Continue reading
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That’s Not O.K. Purdue Exponent
So I am a fan of Lanham’s theory of Attention Economy (link to interview) and I tend to enjoy a raunchy joke. As other’s have noted, Purdue’s student newspaper, the Exponent recently tried their hand at both. In a perverse … Continue reading
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Assessment from a Poetic Perspective
My wife today sent me a link to Heather K. Phillips MFA thesis project. Heather is a recent graduate of RISD; her project speaks to the legitimation of critique and the ubiquity of assessment at all levels of education. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary-rhetoric, cool, lyotard, teaching, theory
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Let Me Tell You a Story
Me (reading Lyotard’s Postmodern Condition) Rowan: “What are you doing daddy?” Me: “I’m reading a book about why people go to school.” Rowan: “Oh.” Me: “Why do you go to school?” Rowan: “I go to school to BE QUIET!” Casey’s … Continue reading