day two

I was surprisingly productive today. I referred back to my chart on Lefebvre’s spatial triad:
1.    Spatial Practice (Perceived Space)
a.    Seemingly rooted in materialism
b.    Embodies daily and urban realities
c.    The route that the person takes to work
d.    The use of the person’s hands and the function of the organs
e.    Not logically conceived or intellectually worked out
2.    [...]

day one of exams

today is day 1 of the 42 days of our department’s version of the general exam process (it’s actually 56 days if you count the 2 weeks that the committee gets to read what you’ve produced in those 42 days).
the first of the three questions on which I’ll be writing is as follows:
In recent decades, [...]

exams

Well, now that CCCC is over, it’s time to tackle the exams…which officially start tomorrow. Our department’s procedure is pretty different as I think I’ve written before. After reading for about 3 semesters or so for 3 different reading lists on 3 different fields or subfields, you receive 3 different questions and write 3 papers. [...]

CCCC 2007

My favorite sessions from the 2007 CCCC
*note* i’ll be posting my full notes from these soon…just don’t know when. for now, here are the highlights.
Taking Place: Representing Claims to Contested (Urban) Space
Annie Knepler, Candice Rai, and Sue Weinstein
AK drew from her experience as editor of the Journal of Ordinary Thought and the Neighborhood Writing Alliance [...]