Trimbur
Trimbur: Composition and the Circulation of Writing
In “Composition and the Circulation of Writing,” John Trimbur critiques the prevalent practice in composition pedagogy of reducing the canon of delivery to mere submission of a paper, which separates writing education from modes of production and delivery and over-emphasizes the act of writing — “the creative moment of composing” — which becomes what writing [...]
linking trimbur and sirc
I didn’t even think about this, but Jeff Ward does a great job of linking Trimbur’s article to the work of Geoffrey Sirc, writing:
Geof’s mission, or at least my take on it based in direct conversation as well as reading his book English Composition as a Happening, is that part of what makes it fascinating [...]
my contribution to the carnival
Here’s my carnival contribution on John Trimbur’s article “Changing the question: Should writing be studied?” (Composition Studies 31.1, Spring 2003):
The discussion so far is pretty rich (see my previous post for a list of other contributors; Ten Minutes a Day and Wind Farm add to the discussion today; I missed Digital Digs from [...]
joining the trimbur carnival
I just read the John Trimbur article “Changing the question: Should writing be studied?” for the carnival this month, which I’m a bit intimidated by. There’s already been a variety of responses:
• Jan 27: Yellow Dog
• Jan 27: Collin vs. Blog
• Feb 18: Why Not Blog?
• Feb 20: Bill Degenaro
• Feb 20: Earth Wide Moth
• [...]
