Monthly Archives: April 2006

disappearing blogs

Posted on April 27, 2006 by Michael

As I go through my links on the sidebar, I’ve had to delete a few links because they are now dead. Thus, the ephemeral nature of blogs. It’s kind of interesting, and also, I think, kind of sad. We’ve always … Continue reading →

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Elbow’s view on criticism, speaking, and writing

Posted on April 26, 2006 by Michael

Peter Elbow writes: The contrast between the two media [speaking and writing] is reinforced when we turn to the story of how we learn to speak and to write as individuals. We learn speech as infants—from parents who love us … Continue reading →

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panopticism

Posted on April 26, 2006 by Michael

I am in the middle of reading “Panopticism” by Foucault, and I’m certain I’ll be using this for my paper on punk pedagogy. Punk is about breaking discipline, about fighting discipline, and this essay is exactly about discipline, and it’s … Continue reading →

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going a little deeper

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Michael

My first appointment at the Writing Center this afternoon was a bit frustrating because the paper was good and concise, and the assignment was merely to summarize (although it was a lot of summary) the research on the topic, so … Continue reading →

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punk aesthetic

Posted on April 21, 2006 by Michael

From Geoffrey Sirc’s “Never Mind the Tagmemics: Where’s the Sex Pistols?” in CCC 44.1 (February 1997), pp 9-29: Punk’s was the aesthetic of the cut-up, re-making/re-modeling the materials of the dominant culture, detourning them from their bland, deadening use into … Continue reading →

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