[Teaching_Composition] Asao's Post--Defining Ownership

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:33:45 -0400

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I think this is exactly the point, Kate, although I'm not sure on what =
side of this debate you are falling.  Composition (and compositionists) =
feels such a need to be accepted as a discipline that it never stops to =
ask why it should want to be legitimized by the academy.  Right now, =
most universities function under a corporate model that mimicks the =
worst aspects of capitalism.  Education is a commodity that has little =
to do with learning.  Students are spending so much money for their =
degrees that they are in a position to demand high grades for mediocre =
work.  But even if we look back to the past, the disciplinarity that =
marks the academy was flawed at the outset.  There are no tight =
disciplinary boundaries that separate knowledge.  Talking about politics =
in a composition classroom should be as natural as talking about writing =
in a composition classroom, just to use one example.  But departments =
fight for turf so they try to "own" the right to teach certain subjects. =
 Nothing could be more absurd.  This is not to say that certain scholars =
are not specialists in areas and should not be consulted as authorities =
in disputes.  I'm talking more on a systemic level.  So really, in =
trying to own writing, composition is trying to ingratiate itself into a =
system of capitalism and disciplinarity that are at odds with authentic =
learning.
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Bill

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From: teaching_composition-admin@mailman.eppg.com on behalf of Kate =
McKinney
Sent: Wed 4/11/2007 10:43 AM
To: teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com
Subject: Re: [Teaching_Composition] Asao's Post--Defining Ownership

>
>What do you think causes the excitement?
>
In terms of "socially structured [belief] in ownership" of our programs =
and
our pedagogy:
The more we "own," the more we are legitimized. And as subversive as =
some of
us can be, we (comp instructors, till now institutional grunts) want =
formal
acceptance and legitimacy within the academy--the structure that =
constructs
such ownerships.

--Kate McKinney
Grad TA, NCSU

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