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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790477403321

Titolo

Ecology, writing theory, and new media : writing ecology / / edited by Sidney I. Dobrin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-48242-3

1-283-45883-7

9786613458834

1-136-48243-1

0-203-13469-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in rhetoric and communication ; ; 8

Altri autori (Persone)

DobrinSidney I. <1967->

Disciplina

808.06/6

Soggetti

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching

Natural history - Authorship - Study and teaching

Environmental literature - Authorship - Study and teaching

Ecology - Authorship - Study and teaching

Interdisciplinary approach in education

Mass media and language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ecology, Writing Theory, and New Media; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Ecology and a Future of Writing Studies; 1 In Terms of Writing As Such; 2 Rhetorics of (Non)Symbolic Cultivation; 3 Writing Ecologies, Rhetorical Epidemics; 4 Agential Matters: Tumbleweed, Women-Pens, Citizens-Hope, and Rhetorical Actancy; 5 Discipline and Publish: Reading and Writing the Scholarly Network; 6 Digital Ecologies; 7 Post-Media Occupations for Writing Theory: From Augmentation to Autopoiesis; 8 Quale Morphics: Strategic Wisdom

9 Curating Ecologies, Circulating Musics: From the Public Sphere to Sphere Publics10 The Ecology of the Question: Reading Austin's Public Housing Debates, 1937-1938; 11 Ecology, Ecologies, and Institutions: Eco and Composition; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Moving beyond ecocomposition, this book galvanizes conversations in



ecology and writing not with an eye toward homogenization, but with an agenda of firmly establishing the significance of writing research that intersects with ecology. It looks to establish ecological writing studies not just as a legitimate or important form of writing research, but as paramount to the future of writing studies and writing theory. Complex ecologies, writing studies, and new-media/post-media converge to highlight network theories, systems theories, and posthumanist theories as central in the shaping of writ