Serendipity in rhetoric, writing, and literacy research / edited by Maureen Daly Goggin and Peter N. Goggin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goggin, Maureen Daly, editor.

Goggin, Peter N., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Research.

English language.

Archives--Research.

Archives.

Literacy--Research.

Literacy.

Serendipity.

English language--Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

vii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Logan : Utah State University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Scholars have known moments of surprise, catastrophe, or good fortune, though they seldom refer to these occurrences in reports or discuss them. Revealing the different kinds of work scholars, particularly those in rhetoric, need to do to recognize a serendipitous discovery or a missed opportunity"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Stumbling into wisdom in rhetoric, writing, and literacy research : an introduction / Maureen Daly Goggin and Peter N. Goggin

"Oh, my God! He was a slave!" : secrets of a Virginia courthouse archive / Shirley E. Faulkner-Springfield

Where you see ruins, I see rhetoric : composing a methodology for "making sense" of disaster / Doreen Piano

Death, dying, and serendipity in the scholarly imagination / Gale Coskan-Johnson

Fortuitous happenstance : serendipity in archival research / Lynée Lewis Gaillet

Pre-sentence : researching, reporting, and writing / Caren Wakerman Converse

Echoes in the archives / Liz Rohan

Serendipity and memory : the value of participant-observation / Kim Donehower

The serendipity of (mis)timing in research / Maureen Daly Goggin

Setting out for serendip : of research quests and chance discoveries / Ryan skinnell

The art of the "accident" : serendipity in research / Peter N. Goggin

Reading between the power lines : how 'Nikola Tesla Corner' enhanced the wireless signals in a rhetorical analysis of electricity and landscape / Daniel Wuebben

Prepare to be surprised : how flexible, methodical, and organized research methods lead to serendipity in the archives / Lori Ostergaard

Playing the name game : exploring name variations in archival research / Patty Wilde

Serendipity and methodological willingness in team science / Ellen Barton

The sunshine of serendipity : illuminating scholarship of genre (a new canon!) and generosity (yes you can!) / Lynn Z. Bloom

Serendology, methodipity : research, invention, and the choric rhetorician / Jennifer Clary-Lemon

The ethics of serendipity : rare events and a need to act / Bill Endres

Creating kismet : what artists can teach academics about serendipity / Brad Gyori

Coordinating chaos and befriending a fuzzy focus : reflections of a serendipitist / Judy Holiday

The strange practices of serendipitous failure : considering metanoia as an alternative to kairos / Zachary Beare

Afterword : serendipity and ethics in rhetoric, writing, and literacy research / Gesa Kirsch.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781607327387

1607327384

OCLC:

990248406