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> I agree with Doug!
> Leslie
> PS I think the listserv works because of the conference. Whenever
> anyone has a
> question, especially institutional, help in on the way in seconds. Very
> comforting.
Especially to those of us trying to write dissertations on the subject!
Thanks Leslie.
Miriam
>
> Quoting Doug Brent <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> Miriam:
>>
>> A good set of questions, although I don't have many answers. Here,
>> though, are my thoughts.
>>
>> You need to separate the Inkshed community from the practice of
>> Inkshedding. Yes, Inkshedding has marked every Inkshed get-together
>> since day one, and it is indeed symbolic of a mindset that prizes
>> interactivity and collective text over straightline discourse -- unlike
>> other conferences in which people often talk about interactive
>> classrooms by delivering a 20-minute lecture followed by a couple of
>> ritual "questions" that don't really represent discourse. But some of
>> us practice Inkshedding in our classrooms and some don't. I pride
>> myself on a very interactive, out-of-the-box classroom, based in part on
>> a number of ideas I have picked up from colleagues at Inkshed. But I
>> seldom actually do Inkshedding in the "pure" sense of the term. It
>> simply doesn't work for me. I do it dutifully at Inkshed conferences
>> but I sometimes wish we could cut it down and leave more time for verbal
>> discussion.
>>
>> Yet I consider myself a dyed-in-the-wool Inkshedder. I don't go to
>> every conference, but then I don't go to every CCCC's or any other
>> conference either. If I go to the same conference every year I start
>> hearing the same ideas each time, so I give it a rest. Yet when I come
>> back I really feel "home."
>>
>> Certainly, however, the complexion of the conference is changing. Many
>> of us original old farts have retired, and my old-folks' network is
>> shrinking. But there are always new faces. I can't swap
>> remember-what-happened-at-Inkshed-III stories with them, but I always
>> pick up new ideas.
>>
>> The conference has become part old friends and part a way to invite new
>> people, often graduate students, into the idea that there IS a community
>> around writing instruction in Canada, however widely spread that
>> community may be. And I don't think I've seen the overall numbers at
>> conferences dwindling, although there may be fewer "cardcarrying"
>> Inkshedders who send in their $20 every year. I have no idea why that
>> might be.
>>
>> Anyway, my two cents. I'll send a couple of cents more if things come
>> to me after I have ruminated.
>>
>> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>
>> > Dear Inkshedders,
>> > As some of you may be aware, I am in the process of wrapping up my
>> > doctoral dissertation on inkshedding. As I write I find myself
>> > struggling with a small area of data that I'm not sure how to deal
>> > with, so I turn to you for your insights. At some level, there seems
>> > to be a feeling that Inkshed, as a community, has served its purpose
>> > and may be losing its force as an academic institution. Just by way
>> > of example, one inkshedding text from Gimli (which you can find both
>> > in Russ's last Inkshed article, and the posted inksheds from the Gimli
>> > conference) says:
>> >
>> > "I was wondering about the Inkshed community and its viability--if the
>> > practice of inkshedding serves the purpose of developing and
>> > sustaining this community of Inkshedders, is it perhaps on the wane?
>> > If Inkshedders themselves do not use it in their own classrooms, and
>> > if the number of Inkshed members is dwindling, is it perhaps time for
>> > Inkshedding to give way to other types of community-building practices?"
>> >
>> > I'm curious to know what your reactions are. Is the community on the
>> > wane? What is the future of the community and the activity? Is
>> > the activity being redefined by the immediate social writing being
>> > facilitated by the internet? What does it mean to be part of the
>> > Inkshed community, and has that identity changed over the years?
>> >
>> > Any ideas on this (either on or off list) would be a great help.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> > Miriam
>> >
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