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Postcomposition

By: Sidney I Dobrin

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Leading a burgeoning self-critical moment in composition studies and writing program administration, Postcomposition is a fundamental reconsideration of the field that attempts to shift the focus away from pedagogy and writing subjects and toward writing itself. In this forceful and reasoned critique of many of the primary tenets and widely accepted institutional structures of composition studies, Sidney I. Dobrin delivers a series of shocks to the system meant to disrupt the pedagogical imperative and move beyond the existing limits of the discipline. Dobrin evaluates the current state of composition studies, underscoring the difference between composition and writing and arguing that the field's focus on the administration of writing students and its historically imposed prohibition on theory greatly limit what can be understood about writing. Instead he envisions a more significant approach to writing, one that questions the field's conservative allegiance to subject and administration and reconsiders writing as spatial and ecological. Using concepts from ecocomposition, spatial theory, network theory, complexity theory, and systems theory, Postcomposition lays the groundwork for a networked theory of writing, and advocates the abandonment of administration as a useful part of the field. He also challenges the usefulness of rhetoric in writing studies, showing how writing exceeds rhetoric. Postcomposition is a detailed consideration of how posthumanism affects the field's understanding of subjectivity. It also tears at the seams of the "contingent labor problem." As he articulates his own frustrations with the conservatism of composition studies and builds on previous critiques of the discipline, Dobrin stages a courageous-and inevitably polemical-intellectual challenge to the entrenched ideas and assumptions that have defined composition studies.

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SIU Press

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0809387883

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Natural Discourse

Toward Ecocomposition

By: Sidney I. Dobrin,Christian R. Weisser

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Natural Discourse

Toward Ecocomposition

By: Sidney I. Dobrin,Christian R. Weisser

The first full-length book to address the relationships between environment and discourse, Natural Discourse explains why and how ecocomposition has become such a critical part of composition studies. Beginning by exploring the roots of ecocomposition, including a history of the use of the term ecocomposition, the book then examines ecological aspects of composition studies, and looks at how ecocomposition is informed by ecocriticism, cultural studies, ecofeminism, environmental rhetoric, and composition studies. The authors draw on their own experiences as teachers of writing and outdoor enthusiasts to describe how ecocomposition can address issues of language and nature, public intellectualism, and pedagogy.

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State University of New York Press

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0791488691

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9780791488690

Postcomposition

By: Sidney I Dobrin

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Blue Ecocriticism and the Oceanic Imperative

By: Sidney I. Dobrin

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Blue Ecocriticism and the Oceanic Imperative

By: Sidney I. Dobrin

This book initiates a conversation about blue ecocriticism: critical, ethical, cultural, and political positions that emerge from oceanic or aquatic frames of mind rather than traditional land-based approaches. Ecocriticism has rapidly become not only a disciplinary legitimate critical form but also one of the most dynamic, active criticisms to emerge in recent times. However, even in its institutional success, ecocriticism has exemplified an "ocean deficit." That is, ecocriticism has thus far primarily been a land-based criticism stranded on a liquid planet. Blue Ecocriticism and the Oceanic Imperative contributes to efforts to overcome ecocriticism’s "ocean-deficit." The chapters explore a vast archive of oceanic literature, visual art, television and film, games, theory, and criticism. By examining the relationships between these representations of ocean and cultural imaginaries, Blue Ecocriticism works to unmoor ecocriticism from its land-based anchors. This book aims to simultaneously advance blue ecocriticism as an intellectual pursuit within the environmental humanities and to advocate for ocean conservation as derivative of that pursuit.

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356

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Taylor & Francis

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0429851804

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Constructing Knowledges

The Politics of Theory-Building and Pedagogy in Composition

By: Sidney I. Dobrin

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Constructing Knowledges

The Politics of Theory-Building and Pedagogy in Composition

By: Sidney I. Dobrin

Examines the relationship between theoretical and practical knowledge, within the academy in general and composition studies in particular.

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SUNY Press

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0791433439

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AI and Writing

By: Sidney I. Dobrin

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AI and Writing

By: Sidney I. Dobrin

AI and Writing is an introduction to Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and its emergent role as a tool for academic, professional, civic, and personal writing. Sid Dobrin examines GenAI from two perspectives: the conceptual and the applied. The conceptual approach addresses the function of GenAI and the ramifications of its use as a writing tool – especially the ethical, social, and material issues it raises. The applied approach offers guidance to assist readers in using GenAI responsibly and authentically. In consideration of the rapid evolution of GenAI and the many unsettled questions about its role, Dobrin leaves room for readers to adapt to shifting technological and institutional conventions. This book is intended for composition and writing-intensive courses, and for any readers with a general or professional interest in the role of GenAI in writing. While it is primarily designed for first-year writing courses, it’s also applicable to courses in advanced writing, professional writing, technical writing, business writing, and writing across the curriculum, as well as writing-intensive courses in other disciplines. In other words, it can be used in any course in which students are required to produce texts.

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Broadview Press

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1770489126

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Talking about Generative AI: A Guide for Educators

By: Sidney I. Dobrin

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Talking about Generative AI: A Guide for Educators

By: Sidney I. Dobrin

A practical new resource, available freely to educators and administrators. Instructors and college administrators are grappling with many difficult questions arising from the emergence and public availability of generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT: What impact will AI have on post-secondary institutions? Can AI be integrated into higher education in productive and ethical ways? How will teaching and assessment change? What are the implications of AI for professional, institutional, and civic communication? This free resources provides administrators and faculty with fundamental information about GenAI and its bearing on instruction and institutional policies. Eminently practical and informed by the latest (and forthcoming) technical developments, Talking about Generative AI will be a boon to anyone who is suddenly confronted with the problem of how to understand and address GenAI’s impacts.

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1554816505

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Postcomposition

Postcomposition

Natural Discourse

Natural Discourse

Postcomposition

Postcomposition

Blue Ecocriticism and the Oceanic Imperative

Blue Ecocriticism and the Oceanic Imperative

Constructing Knowledges

Constructing Knowledges

AI and Writing

AI and Writing

Talking about Generative AI: A Guide for Educators

Talking about Generative AI: A Guide for Educators

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