Wednesday, June 21, 2017

QQC - 6.21.17

Quote: "I suggest we begin by prioritizing the study of American Indian rhetoric—and the rhetoric of the Indian—in our graduate curricula and writing programs, focusing on the history of both secret and not-so-secret wars in the contact-zone. We should be teaching the treaties and federal Indian laws as rhetorical texts themselves, situating our work within both historical and contemporary contexts. We should also study the ideologies of Indianness and Manifest Destiny that have governed it all." 

Question: Do you believe that having this well rounded knowledge will in turn improve and drastically affect the way student's write? Does knowing both sides of a story significantly improve the writer's position and in turn enhance their writing perspective?
 

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