Russell and Foster have given some useful insights on the transition from secondary school writing to university writing. They have given a comparison on the aspects of writing in the United states and other nations like France a and England.…
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Notes on “The Gaze”
by Kim De Vries • • 0 Comments
Here is an excerpt of what looks like an interesting collection of notes on looking, seeing, and the gaze. Notes on ‘The Gaze’ Daniel Chandler Introduction I make no great claims for these somewhat fragmented notes which are offered by…
Amble’s visual
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Food sign-up for last 5870 class
by Kim De Vries • • 5 Comments
Ok all, I don’t know if this is needed, but you may add a comment with what you plan to bring for the last class. I will bring plates, and the chocolate covered bacon. :-).
Food sign-up for last 5001 class
by Kim De Vries • • 3 Comments
Ok all, I don’t know if this is needed, but you may add a comment with what you plan to bring for the last class. I will bring plates, and probably some wine.
Goffman Commentary: Giving Off Impressions
by fsnowden • • 3 Comments
Yikes! I was working on my portfolio and discovered I hadn’t posted Goffman. I think it was a psychological slip. I was not fond of that reading and had to really fish for a response. I’m so sorry this is…
Stoller: Last Thoughts on Subjectivity
by fsnowden • • 2 Comments
I left our last class discussion on Stoller thinking that we have spent much too much time on discussing subjectivity instead of the aims and goals of ethnographic study. I have always thought that subjectivity is an unavoidable hindrance to…
Commentary on Stoller
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Commentary Ten: Stoller Ethnography/Memoir/Imagination/Story According to Stoller, there is not “one best way” to write ethnography. Stoller states that “Each body of ethnographic material is unique and therefore requires a specifically contoured textual strategy…there are key elements that are necessary…
5/12/09 Log
by mariashreve • • 0 Comments
Log 5/12/09 English 5870 Dr. DeVries KD: Purpose of presentations is to share observations. Minimum 5 minutes, informal. Not enough time to set up for Power Point, can upload on blog if using slides. Overhead and/or handouts will work. …
Incoherence of the Incoherence
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Incoherence of the Incoherence This consequence, that everything which exists is simple, is a necessary consequence for the philosophers, if they assume that the First Agent is like a simple agent in the empirical world. But this consequence is…