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Whenever we argue, we argue in common. This is perhaps most clear when we engage in counter-argument. In our courts of law, we hear "objection!" as a request to introduce counterargument. Counter-argument engages with objections a composer imagines will bother a reasonable reader. Counter arguments need not only come from the imagination, although the imagination is a fine place to search for them. Dialogue is another tool we can use to discover and work with counter arguments.
From Dialogue to Audience, and
the Commons∞: On the importance of actual audiences: Audiences are perhaps most easily imagined and investigated by treating them as
stakeholders∞ that are affected by the decisions we make. They first
take shape in our imagination∞.
Pattern Recognition: FindYerCluster and begin thinking about building your
Zine∞
What Other Classes Have Done: FinalProjects
Assignments
- Engage in a dialogue with a classmate on the topic: What paper topic would be cool and interesting to research for a FinalProject? Are there any relevant Congressional Reports or other documents that can help you here∞ or here∞? Post the dialogue to the your blog. You may use IM and post the script (or even a selection of dynamic script) if you like. IM scripts can be useful for invention - that part of the writing process when you a creating your vision of the topic and the argument.
- Begin clustering.
- Read 1st chapter of Understanding Comics
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