Serendipity in Rhetoric, Writing, and Literacy Research
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Serendipity in Rhetoric, Writing, and Literacy Research

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Serendipity in Rhetoric, Writing, and Literacy Research

About this book

In the course of research, most scholars have known moments of surprise, catastrophe, or good fortune, though they seldom refer to these occurrences in reports or discuss them with students. Serendipity in Rhetoric, Writing, and Literacy Research reveals the different kinds of work scholars, particularly those in rhetoric, writing, and literacy, need to do in order to recognize a serendipitous discovery or a missed opportunity.

In published scholarship and research, the path toward discovery seems clean and direct. The dead ends, backtrackings, start-overs, and stumbles that occur throughout the research process are elided, and seems that the researchers started at point A and arrived safely and neatly at point B without incident, as if by magic. The path, however, is never truly clear and straight. Research and writing is messy. Serendipity in Rhetoric, Writing, and Literacy Research features chapters from twenty-three writing scholars who have experienced moments of serendipity in their own work—not by magic or pure chance but through openness and active waiting, which offer an opportunity to prepare the mind.

Serendipity in Rhetoric, Writing, and Literacy Research illustrates the reality of doing research: there is no reliable prescription or one-size-fits-all manual, but success can be found with focused dedication and an open mind.

Contributors: Ellen Barton?, ?Zachary C. Beare?, ?Lynn Z. Bloom?, ?Jennifer Clary-Lemon?, ?Caren Wakerman Converse?, ?Gale Coskan-Johnson?, ?Kim Donehower?, ?Bill Endres?, ?Shirley E. Faulkner-Springfield?, ?Lynée Lewis Gaillet?, ?Brad Gyori?, ?Judy Holiday?, ?Gesa E. Kirsch?, ?Lori Ostergaard?, ?Doreen Piano?, ?Liz Rohan?, ?Ryan Skinnell?, ?Patricia Wilde?, ?Daniel Wuebben

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Subject Index

Activity Theory, 73–76
African American, 19, 21, 24, 25, 34, 41(n8), 52, 86, 95, 178, 182, 187
African American–centered, 93
ahistorical, 51
alternating current, Tesla, 141–46
American Academy of Pediatrics, 179, 186
American Embassy, Ankara, 44
American studies, 30
American West, US region, 165
Anglo-Saxon, 221, 227–32
Ankara, Turkey, 44–45
Annals of Ulster, 222
anti-establishment impulse, 243
anti-logic, 242
anti-slavery, 20
archival methods, 67
Arizona Senate Bill 1070, 66, 45
Arizona State University, Tempe, 119–23, 126
arkhe (where things begin), 212
Art of Death (exhibition), 116(n1)
Ashburnham, England, 106–13
Ash Tree Pub, Ashburnham, 111
autoethnographer, 70
backtracking, as in process of discovery, 3
backup plan/project, 229
Bank of America Tower, New York City, 138
Battle, England, 107–11
Battle of Nashville (US Civil War), 26
Beatlemania, 243
Belfast, Northern Ireland, 211–12
Bible (the), 114
Bible study, 96
Biblical, 191
big bang (general reference), 133
Big Bang (the), 134
biopower, 48
black (race) 18, 20–25
black-and-wh...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. Stumbling into Wisdom in Rhetoric, Writing, and Literacy Research: An Introduction
  7. I. Intersections of Personal and Political
  8. II. Intersections of Personal and Professional
  9. III. Stumbling into the Unknown
  10. IV. Methodology and Serendipity
  11. V. Trusting the Process
  12. Afterword: Serendipity and Ethics in Rhetoric, Writing, and Literacy Research
  13. About the Authors
  14. Subject Index
  15. Name Index