As a former gymnast I can attest to the fact that philosophy is much like mental version of this sport. The different theories are like the different aspects of a complicated move: Hundreds of push-ups at one time prepare the…
Monthly Archives: February 2009
A Class Log: Stardate-02:17:09ce
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James D. Dyer Dr. Kim Devries ENG 5870 Spring, 2009 Class Log, Stardate: Febuary, 17, 2009CE, 1800-2100 Pacific Time, Earth Prime. Location: California State University Stanislaus, Library Building, Room L162. Purpose: Rhetoric and Ethnography, Meeting One, Observe them…
A Paired Observation with Adam Russel
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James D. Dyer Dr. Kim De Vries ENG 5870 Co-observation with Adam Russell Spring 2009 Adam and I met this afternoon, at my house where I have a table and chairs set up in the backyard. That is where I…
Commentary #1: Purcell-Gates
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Adam Russell Professor DeVries English 5870 23 January 2009 Commentary #1 The Fine Balance between Participant and Observer Last Saturday’s episode of Law & Order: SVU contained a plot device where a stripper is interrogated for a brutal attack on…
Ok, I’ve been logged in for days, told the blog to remember me.
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and I was wondering why I couldn’t figure out how to do this. I had to log out. Hmmm…Have to create a simpler password. Or find the dashbord on the main page, if there is one.
Paired Observation: Adam Russell and James Dyer
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At 4:00 on 2/24 I sat down with James Dyer to watch the daily video from the Kirkwood Ski Resort website. Since we both have experience on the mountain, it was a good choice for the two of us. We…
Purcell-Gates Commentary
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Michael Calou Dr. Devries English 5870 February 24, 2009 Ethnographic Research Commentary #1 The author provides an introduction to the process of ethnographic research. The two other readings for this week, “Rewriting” and “An Ethnographic Perspective” complement…
Week 2 Commentary
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Joseph Harris offers a new and refreshing look at the ways that we look at texts, especially in the way we use them in our writing as intellectuals. Harris manages to give good advise and good examples of ways that…
Week 2 Purcell-Gates & the Contiuum
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When I first realized that we would have to perform ethnographic research in various writing classrooms, I was a little nervous. I have only recently grasped the concept of ethnography and have never conducted research where I would actually have…
Commentary #1 Purcell-Gates
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Keri Ortiz 5870 Dr. DeVries February 24, 2009 Ethnographic Research In the chapter titled “Ethnographic Research” author Victoria Purcell-Gates gives the reader an overview of the process behind ethnography and a few different approaches as observed by Purcell-Gates in several…