About Michael J. Faris
Assistant Professor of English with research areas in digital literacy, privacy and social media, and queering rhetorics.
This blog serves as a place to think through things, record thoughts, share interesting stuff, and hold conversations. Welcome!
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- Elizeth on Bersani (2010): Is the Rectum a Grave?
- Joe Schicke on Robert Brooke on ‘underlife’
- Teaching/Learning in Progress: Thinking about the “Backchannel” – Liz Ahl on Robert Brooke on ‘underlife’
- Ariane on the idea of a writing center
- Editorial Pedagogy, pt. 1: A Professional Philosophy - Hybrid Pedagogy on Miller’s “Genre as Social Action”
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“…but the critic is always right!”
I’m reading Bruno Latour’s “Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern.” I’m not sure what to make of his critique of critique yet, but I do like his style, which he calls … Continue reading
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leaving in 3 weeks
I leave Corvallis in 3 weeks. I’m lucky to have friends going with me. A la Dawn, here’s our proposed Google Map: View Larger Map
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new books
Because I still have some faculty development money left over for the spring term, I get to order books! Lots of them (the category distinction below is a bit arbitrary): Rhetoric and Composition Studies: Textual Orientations: Lesbian and Gay Students … Continue reading
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i think i like the new firefox
that is just to say, it seems pretty cool.
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the art of taking away
Dawn posted this video: Dawn asks some interesting questions about art based off this video, in regards to reverse images and temporality/ephemeralness. However, I’m reminded of a question that sprang into my head when I first started reading garfield minus … Continue reading
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