Author Archives: Jake Anderson

I found Cassandra Woody’s “Re-Engaging Rhetorical Education Through Procedural Feminism” to be very intersting in showing how feminist rhetoric can be applied in the classrom. I enjoyed the way that she broke down the ways that feminist theory was implemented and the ways that it shaped the minds of first year students through course assignments. Continue reading “Cassandra Woody, “Re-Engaging Rhetorical Education Through Procedural Feminism” Response”

Foss & Griffin’s “Beyond Persuasion: A Proposal for an Invitational Rhetoric” was an interesting introduction to the idea of invitational rhetoric. I enjoyed reading about this non-combative form of debate, and it was interesting to read about the ways I could be applied to communications.  In general, I found their work to be very interestingContinue reading “Response to Foss & Griffin’s “Beyond Persuasion: A Proposal for an Invitational Rhetoric”& Pinker’s “The Moral Instinct””

As I read Inoue’s “How Do We Language So People Stop Killing Each Other,” I found myself reflecting on my role as a white male in the academic world as well as in society. Inoue presented a variety of very bold ideas, but I felt as a whole they were provocative and thoughtful.  While InoueContinue reading “Innoue, “How Do We Language So People Stop Killing Each Other?” Response”

At this point, I have shifted my essay topic to focus on the rhetoric of place and memory. I am planning on focusing on one collection of essays to explore this topic and come to a conclusion about the rhetorical relationships between place and memory. This collection is “Places of Public Memory : The RhetoricContinue reading “Rhetoric of Place and Memory Essay Outline”

In reading Smith and Bergman’s “You Were on Indian Land: Alcatraz Island as Recalcitrant Memory Space,” I found myself enthralled with the concept of space and memory and the relationship that physical places have to the memory of the past. I found Smith and Bergman’s points to be very interesting in the way that theyContinue reading “Smith and Bergman, “You Were on Indian Land: Alcatraz Island as Recalcitrant Memory Space” Response”

In our readings for this week, I had the pleasure of reading Dr. Werry’s “Imagined Electronic Community: Representations of Online Community in Business Texts.” As I read, I found myself fascinated with our professor’s conceptualization of internet communities and the corporations and individuals that inhabit them.  One of the first things that stood out toContinue reading “Response to Werry, “Imagined Electronic Community: Representations of Online Community in Business Texts””

In reading Kathleen Yancey’s “Writing in the 21st Century,” I was able to explore the way that writing developed and the way that digital writing has greatly impacted composition as a whole. It was very interesting to think of her writing in the context of the term “peak digital optimism” and understand how this thoughtContinue reading “Response to Yancey, “Writing in the 21st Century””

In reading Ornatowski’s “The Future is Ours” in The Responsibilities of Rhetoric, I was fascinated by the discussion on totalitarian rhetoric using the language of the Realist Socialists in Poland, Stalinist Communist rhetoric, and the rhetoric of the Nazi party in Nazi Germany as examples. While his discussion as a whole was very interesting andContinue reading “Ornatowski Response – 2/6/20”

In reading Fulkerson’s Composition at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, I appreciated the way that composition was discussed in a way that highlighted the manners in which it shifted and changed as it developed in academia. As Fulkerson identified the different schools of thought and how they identified with the values of composition themselves,Continue reading “Fulkerson Discussion – 1/31/20”