Colleagues,
Intermezzo proudly announces the release of Can I Ask a Question?: A Dialog About Sonic Rhetoric, Professional Writing, Creative-Critical Scholarship, and Process by Benjamin Lauren and Kyle Stedman. Below is an overview of the open-access book, which you can access via the embedded link above.
Contributors: Ames Hawkins, Kati Fargo Ahern, Janine Butler, Michael J. Faris, Moe Folk, Jen Michaels, Crystal VanKooten, Josephine Walwema
Abstract
When considering the role of dialog in scholarly work, what forms and approaches get taken up and why? In this creative-critical scholarly collection, scholars in writing studies collaborate with each other through a dialog that spans multiple years, including a time before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this collaboration, the authors seek to answer philosophical questions about the overlapping scholarly work of professional writing and sound studies in the context of rhetoric and writing studies. Furthermore, the authors work to document their process of thinking through, responding, and remixing their ideas over time. The result is an edited collection that highlights both the process of making and the knowledge that comes from being so intentional about not just what we believe, but how we discover, share, and refine our ideas over time.
What began as a recorded dialog with colleagues about how professional writing and sound studies could work more closely together became something more. The outcome of the project demonstrated an unexpected but welcomed commentary on the role of dialog in knowledge-making, how paying attention to what emerges from collaborative work can lead moments of important learning and unforeseen intellectual synergies, and the importance of creative-critical work in today’s academic knowledge-making.
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Dr. Sergio C. Figueiredo, PhD [He/Him]
Interim Director of First-Year Composition and Professor, Department of English
Affiliate Faculty, American Studies (Interdisciplinary Studies)
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Interactive Media
Editor, Intermezzo
Series Editor, Comics and Graphic Narratives, Parlor Press
Department of English
Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kennesaw State University
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