this blog explores the relationship between pedagogy and research as I document my experiences in the writing classroom and the struggles and discoveries of my dissertation writing process in the field of composition

Archive for February, 2005


beyond "yes"

i’m sitting here going back and forth and in circles in my head over what could be a huge problem with my project, but maybe not…the more i think about it. i’m thinking about how i’m situating my project very specifically within the site/context of the corporate University. and i’m claiming that this economic base of the University is directly affecting the writing classroom. furthermore, i’m claiming that composition studies/theory may still be in complicit in this relationship–even after various arguments and pedagogical theories said to have moved away from it. but my problem lies with the specificity of University as economic base. i mean is the University only one formation that is shaping subjectivity in the writing classroom? i guess that ultimately that is a key question for me. and now i’m stuck. damn. i mean, yes, i want to argue yes, but i guess i have to work on the answer–beyond yes.