I'd meant to reply when Roger first posted this, and things intervened -- but now that Theresa has responded, I'm reminded: I think this sounds terrific, and I'll try to be involved and attend. This is the sort of thing I've been hoping for Inkshed since the very beginning. -- Russ > Hi Roger, and the organizing committee for Inkshed. First of all, > I'm sorry that I have taken so long to reply to this. Iit got > buried along with the 100 or so emails that I kept for when I > returned from vacation. I am so glad that you have decided to > hold Inkshed the day before CWCA. I think it will provide a > really creative way to begin our conference season. I will > certainly attend, and look forward to participating in this > exciting new version of Inkshed! Well done, everyone! Theresa. > > On 07/21/14, Roger Graves <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I came across a Twitter posting just now with a link to an > > article on the NYTimes called "The End of Genius": > > http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/opinion/sunday/the-end-of- > > genius.html?_r=0 > > > > > > The call for dialogic thinking is nothing new for Inkshedders, > > of course, but it served as a nice summary of the thinking that > > initially inspired the Inkshed conference. And that inspired me > > to communicate with the rest of this list about next year's > > conference. > > > > > > > > What we're planning > > The conference organizers are Andrea Williams, Deborah Tihanyi, > > and Roger Graves. We've tentatively identified Thursday, May > > 28, 2015 as the date in Ottawa. One month before the > > face-to-face conference, we'll open up a website called "The > > Game of Writing" that we've developed here at the University of > > Alberta. In this online environment, we'll encourage > > Inkshedders to draft, exchange ideas, comment, and post their > > work. The writing done on the site will form the basis for the > > face-to-face conference: it will be presented, workshopped, and > > responded to with the assumption that the attendees will have > > seen earlier versions of the work on the Game of Writing > > website. We're also planning to have one or two formal > > speakers/discussions. > > > > > > > > Who should attend? > > > > We hope all members of the writing studies community (CWCA, > > CASDW, CSSR, & Inkshed) will attend. We invite members to bring > > their creative, administrative, public, and academic writing > > projects to the site to develop them and to the conference to > > get feedback to them. > > > > > > > > We'll do this in the context of the dialogic model of thinking > > and creating that originally inspired Inkshed and remains its > > touchstone. We'll post more information about the conference as > > it becomes available. For now. mark the date: Thursday, May 28, > > 2015 > > > > > > Hope to see you there! > > > > > > > > Roger Graves > > > > -- > > Roger GravesDirector, Writing Across the Curriculum > > University of Alberta > > www.ualberta.ca/~graves1(http://www.ualberta.ca/~graves1) > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL-L > > command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience > > difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > > > To view or search the list archives, go to > > https://listserv.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL-L > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > > > -- > Theresa Hyland, MA, EdD > Director, Writing and Cross-cultural Services > > Huron University College > 1349 Western Rd. > London ON N6G 1H3 > t 519-438-7224519-438-7224 Ext. 317 > f 519-438-4338 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Call > Send SMS > Add to Skype > You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL-L command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > To view or search the list archives, go to > https://listserv.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL-L > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > -- Russ Hunt Professor Emeritus Saint Thomas University http://www.stu.ca/~hunt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL-L command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] To view or search the list archives, go to https://listserv.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL-L -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-