Learning from the mess : method/ological praxis in rhetoric and writing studies / edited by Ashley J. Holmes and Elise Verzosa Hurley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holmes, Ashley J., editor.

Verzosa Hurley, Elise, editor.

Series:

Perspectives on writing (Fort Collins, Colo.)

Perspectives on writing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric--Research--Methodology.

English language--Composition and exercises--Research--Methodology.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

vii, 200 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Fort Collins, Colorado : The WAC Clearinghouse ; Denver, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2024]

Summary:

"The contributors to Learning from the Mess: Method/ological Praxis in Rhetoric and Writing Studies argue that there's much to be learned from the messiness of research contexts. In so doing, they highlight the value of revisiting and reflecting on research methods and methodologies with two primary goals in mind: to shed light on the processes commonly elided between research design and publication and to make explicit that the method/ologies we use in our research require praxis. Learning from the Mess features ten chapters that challenge readers to rethink and reflect on their own method/ological choices in the past and to envision new possibilities for future research designs. Each contributor connects their reflections to one or more paired reading(s) they had previously published"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Toward a queer validity: Delighting in the messy methods of writing research / Stephanie J. West-Puckett and William P. Banks

Chapter 2. Deliberative drifting over time: A critical reflection on sesigning social media methods for longevity / Sarah Riddick

Chapter 3. Voicing transfer: Examining race, identity, and student learning / Crystal VanKooten

Part 2. Resisting method/ological definitions and norms

Chapter 4. Revising textile publications: Challenges and considerations in tactile methods / Sonia C. Arellano

Chapter 5. Messy language, Messy methods: Beyond a translingual "norm" / Jerry Won Lee

Part 3. Rethinking method/ological dispositions

Chapter 6. Embracing the potentials and navigating the pitfalls of interdisciplinary method/ologies / Meagan E. Malone

Chapter 7. Shifting method/ologies: My journey with countermapping / April O'Brien

Chapter 8. Doing, and undoing, qualitative research: A story of theory, method, and failure / Stephanie Abraham

Part 4. Reconstructing method/ological tenets / Chapter 9. Risky projects & researcher well-being: Locating new methodological traditions in rhetoric & writing studies / Bridget Gelms

Chapter 10. What we thought we knew: Snapshots along the development of a cultural rhetorics methodological philosophy / Aja Y. Martinez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Learning from the mess

ISBN:

9781646426188

1646426185

OCLC:

1446551620