I have been moving all week, and had very limited net access, mostly just through my phone. That has slowed me down, but I am going to be done with the memoir of this semester very soon, and I will…
English 5870
Stoller Commentary 5870
by Keri • • 0 Comments
I hope I am not the only one in our class that enjoyed reading this article by Paul Stoller that beautifully blends the ideas of “Ethnography/Memoir/Imagination/Story.” I think that most Americans have this preconceived notion that storytelling is for children…
5870 Portfolio Question
by mariashreve • • 2 Comments
I e-mailed my portfolio. Is that okay?
Foucault
by mariashreve • • 0 Comments
Panopticon by Michael Foucault definitely was a bizarre piece. In a sense, I felt like I was reading stage directions for a screenplay about a plague that occurred in the future which described in detail how steps of the…
English 5870: Worlde.Net
by fsnowden • • 0 Comments
In a hysterically, busy moment, I took a break and discovered http://wordle.net. . Has anyone every heard of this? It turns writing into word pictures, teachers use it a lot for essays. Check out my worlde for the Goffman post: http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/876240/Goffman . You…
Portfolio Post
by Mike • • 0 Comments
Mike Calou 2-26-09 Classroom Observation Date: 2-26-09 Class: English 1001-First Year Composition (College level) Start: 5:00pm End: 6:00 [T=teacher] (Note-making in parentheses) T: Mike will be observing in our class today. (I introduced myself) So, you had ideas about genre…
Amble’s visual
by Amble • • 0 Comments
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. :-).
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…