As I'm retooling my comp class to be more of an ecocomp class, I find myself deciding to stay away from the politics of environmentalism. I know there's a host of ways to teach those controversies, but I'm still more of a process/critical consciousness teacher and I'd rather the students form their own interests. Plus, the controversies approach feels more like our 151: Rhetoric class. So. Right now I'm slowly easing my way into Nedra Reynolds's Geographies of Writing. She's a cultural geographer (and how cool is that?) who's looking at how we teach writing and how space and place shape students--and instructors--since before they knew anything about, well, anything. I'm intrigued by her push to get beyond current strategies--including postmodernism--while incorporating their insights. She's refering to a lot of books I have on my shelves that I haven't gotten around to reading. I'll try to keep you updated.
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