Reading and Writing

without Authority
11/17/2014

Purpose of this article???

Humanities research = lexical (defining a concept)
Your disciplines = experimental, observational, opinionbased (surveys and interviews), + lexical

Purpose of this article??

Review of Reading Academic Articles lesson from last week
Format/Model of academic articles:
1. Identifying flaws in previous research
2. Creating a space for ones own research/argument

Parallel to Penrose and Geisler:

1. Knowledge is not a series of static facts.
Knowledge is presented as claims.
2. One can negotiate, build upon, refute, etc.
these claims.

Purpose of this article??

Understanding the rhetorical situation of your academic
articles through this framework can help you
understand the researchers as negotiators of knowledge
in their respective fields.

Structure of the article

Purpose of study
Structure
Argument

What does it mean to write 1) with

and 2) without authority?
Each group will choose one sub-topic below to answer the
above question.
Texts are authored
Authors present knowledge in the forms of claims
Knowledge claims can conflict
Knowledge claims can be tested

Go back and
Identify differences in Rogers language vs. Janets
language.
Can be through how Roger/Janet write about paternalism or
how they describe their thought processes.

Choosing sides vs. Generating

Scholarship as conversation
Through citations
Through historical context
Through interactions outside the text