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the job search process

Submitted by syntaxfactory on March 22, 2013 - 9:24am

I've only attended RNF twice. For Comm rhetors, RNF is an annual day where young scholars submit works in progress for feedback by a roundtable of other young scholars and one senior scholar per table. (Additionally, there is a display of editor's tables at the lunch hour where you can talk about whether an idea you have might be well-pitched for a journal.)

It's a great setup, which is why it has been "borrowed" by RSA, among other conferences.

"Akairos: what is ill-timed and in the wrong place"

kairos

Submitted by syntaxfactory on March 21, 2013 - 6:52am

This looks fascinating. --db

Revolution in the Event: The Problem of Kairós
Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, 2308, Australia Email: roland.t.boer@gmail.com
Theory, Culture & Society March 2013 vol. 30 no. 2 116-134

Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity

disciplinarity

Submitted by syntaxfactory on March 20, 2013 - 6:04pm

Sermon Content Review

journal toc

Submitted by syntaxfactory on March 20, 2013 - 5:56pm

Visit: http://csir-scr.blogspot.com/

VV on Big Rhetoric

Big Theory

Submitted by syntaxfactory on March 20, 2013 - 10:26am

from http://itineration.org/portfolio/victor-vitanza-big-rhetoric/

Nathan Johnson to UMD

Submitted by syntaxfactory on March 20, 2013 - 10:23am

I am ecstatic!
Nathan Johnson will visit UMD. Details attached below.

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NathanJohnsonLectureUMDuluth.pdf	276.09 KB

Steubenville

gender

Submitted by syntaxfactory on March 20, 2013 - 9:58am

I can't begin to do this topic justice. Sociological Images tells the full story:
http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/03/19/this-is-rape-culture-res...

"Yesterday two juvenile men were convicted of rape, one was convicted of distributing a nude photo of a minor (NPR). The response by a segment of society reflects rape culture: ”an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence against women is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture” (source). Below are a series of concrete examples. Trigger warning for rape apologists and victim blaming."

Obsolete Media

media

Submitted by syntaxfactory on March 19, 2013 - 7:44am

I am working with a local historical site, and of the puzzlers they have in front of them is movies shot on 17.5mm, which was basically 35mm repurposed during WWII shortages.

1. Anyone know how to read this antique?
2. I'm staring at a box with a ZIP drive in it as a write this and wondering: what other media are obsolete or falling that way, fast? And how will that trouble work in rhetoric?

Argumentation

journal toc

Submitted by syntaxfactory on March 18, 2013 - 4:33pm

Argumentation Volume 27 Number 1 is now available on http://link.springer.com/journal/10503/27/1/page/1

CFP: "Acts of Scholarship are Acts of Friendship" -- A Special Issue of Argumentation & Advocacy on the Works of Jim Aune

Submitted by syntaxfactory on March 15, 2013 - 8:25am

CFP: "Acts of Scholarship are Acts of Friendship" -- A Special Issue of Argumentation & Advocacy on the Works of Jim Aune