Locations of Composition

Christopher J. Keller is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Texas–Pan American and the coeditor (with Sidney I. Dobrin) of Writing Environments, also published by SUNY Press. Christian R. Weisser is Associate Professor of English at Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University. He has published several books, including Natural Discourse: Toward Ecocomposition (coauthored with Sidney I. Dobrin), also published by SUNY Press.

"…a very good collection…" — Rhetoric Review"Keller and Weisser have collected a broad range of intriguing perspectives and voices regarding place within composition studies … [Some essay] pairings … are delightful and thought-provoking conversations on very real and pressing issues for composition." — JAC"Gathering the work of a truly impressive array of contributors, the collection offers some traditional, some innovative, and even some surprising arguments showing how place, space, and location shape composition studies." — CHOICE"What I like best about this collection is its equal commitment to theory and praxis. Composition specialists will appreciate the range of theoretical positions expressed. Practitioners of composition teaching (even those who do not consider themselves compositionists) will find a wealth of practical ideas, as well as a cogent discussion of the theoretical underpinnings of location, space, and place in composition studies. The contributors provide a much-needed overview of the topic, as well as a number of provocative viewpoints. They do not shy away from critique—of themselves, their field(s), time-honored texts and theories, academic enterprise in general, and composition studies in particular. This combination of thoughtful critique and the insightful positing of new directions makes this an important book." — Annie Merrill Ingram, Davidson College

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChristopher J. Keller and Christian R. WeisserPart I Across the Field 1. The Occupation of CompositionSidney I. Dobrin2. Composition and the Gentrification of "Public Literacy" Elizabeth Ervin3. In Visible Texts: Memory, MOOs, and Momentum: A MeditatioCynthia Haynes4. Invention in the Wild: On Locating Kairos in Space-TimeThomas Rickert5. Looking for Location Where It Can’t Be Found: Possibilities for Graduate Pedagogy in Rhetoric and CompositionPeter Vandenberg and Jennifer Clary-LemonPart II Inside the Classroom and Beyond 6. Teaching the Capital CityJohn Ackerman7. Deep Maps: Teaching Rhetorical Engagement through Place-Conscious EducationRobert Brooke and Jason McIntosh8. Between Perception and Articulation: Imageword and a Compassionate PlaceKristie Fleckenstein9. The Locations of UsabilityJohndan Johnson-Eilola and Stuart Selber10. From Site to Screen, From Screen to Site: Merging Place-based Pedagogy with Web-based TechnologyTim Lindgren and Derek OwensPart III Among the Institutions 11. Transferability and GenresAmy Devitt12. Relocating Knowledge: The Textual Authority of Classical Rhetoric for the Modern StudentNancy Myers13. Cultural Geography and Images of PlaceNedra Reynolds14. Notes toward a Dynamic Theory of LiteracyChristopher Schroeder15. Shifting Locations, Genres, and Motives: An Activity Theory Analysis of Service-Learning Writing PedagogiesTom DeansList of ContributorsIndex