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Mapping a Network: A Posthuman Look at Rhetorical Invention
Lucia, Brent
Composition Forum, v47 Fall 2021
The writing process has helped define students as autonomous writers within the composition classroom. Yet, our writing identities are not stable and shift throughout the writing process. I argue that composition instructors should enhance students' awareness to their own dynamic, writing subjectivities through a more expansive view of rhetorical invention, using posthumanism as a lens for composition pedagogy. This article presents a pedagogical practice utilizing concept maps and reflective prompts that help students recognize their ecological, writing landscapes. By tracking the human and non-human elements in their writer's network, students can learn that writers operate within fluid, writing situations that continuously impact their writerly identities.
Descriptors: Rhetorical Invention, Writing Processes, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Teachers, Teaching Methods, Humanism, Concept Mapping
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