CCCC Panel
2008-04-02 | Filed Under Conference Presentations |
| Sound, Word, and World: The Intersection of Audio and Writing Studies | |
| Session: L.13 on Apr 5, 2008 from 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM | Cluster: 106) Information Technologies |
| Type: Concurrent Session (3 or more presenters) | Interest Emphasis: not applicable |
| Level Emphasis: all | Focus: not applicable |
| Panel Description: Despite the growth of accessible audio technologies like podcasting, audio is still a marginal topic within the writing classroom. Composition teachers are often more comfortable talking about writing as a text-based phenomenon. At the same time, many composition theorists recognize that writing is as much a sonic practice as a textual one. We teach, work, learn, and live in a world of competing sounds. As writing instructors, we can enhance student engagement with the world by addressing the effects of audio rhetoric.This panel introduces three different ways of thinking about sound and writing. Each of the panelists offers perspective on how writing with sound can connect students to the worlds around them. The audience will hear from two compositionists who teach audio as a form of writing, as well as a professional documentarian whose work is regularly featured in such venues as National Public Radio, American RadioWorks, and Youth Radio. All three presenters will offer examples of audio projects produced by students-projects that reflect how writing can circulate (can be “heard”) outside the classroom. The different dimensions of this panel will offer the audience both a theoretical context and a practical discussion for teaching writing through audio technologies. |
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