I attended the last Inkshed to share my experiences in spreading Inkshedding to Costa Rica. The youthful enthusiasm of my fellow students sustains me in my introduction to inkshedding, inshedders at a point where I am about to retire. This is by way of saying that Natasha's introduction of Inkshedding through her graduate classes is most excellent. However, being beyond the point where I wish to study an area overly long before promoting it, I actively promote inkshedding as an activity that will help in settings ranging from my own work-site [Internal Auditors] to foreign lands. While I would admit my approach is developed after merely looking through the window rather then entering through the front door [apologies to Atwood] I think inkshedding rocks and that it deserves a hearing in as many settings as possible. I will continue to look for opportunities to share inkshedding and I have encouraged every graduate student that I have met, that the members of the
inkshed group [live or on-line] are incedibly knowledgable, helpful and cover a range of specialties and career patterns. I am encouraging my colleague in Costa Rica to submit a proposal to the Inkshed planned for London and should his resources permit him to attend, there should be an interesting variant on the use of inkshedding in ESP in Costa Rica at our disposal. All the best. Michael Ryan - Ottawa
Natasha Artemeva <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Just to add to all the things that have been already said: I use an
activity based on Inkshedding in my graduate classes, and it's been
working very well. Students write short responses to course readings,
bring them to class, exchange them, and inkshed on them (inkshedding
takes several rounds), while I inkshed on all their reflections. These
Inksheds later find their way into students' oral discussions,
presentations, and papers. It's been very effective. In addition,
students get so interested in the practice of inkshedding that they
often join the listserve and attend the conference (I believe that in
the past 5 years a few students of mine were always present at the
conference). I actually think that the community is growing and the
practice of inkshedding (in many forms) is being used in different contexts.
Natasha
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> 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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School of Linguistics and
Applied Language Studies
Carleton University
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