{"id":1340,"date":"2023-09-08T15:55:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/?page_id=1340"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:55:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:55:38","slug":"engaging-audiences-beyond-the-university-writing-in-and-reflecting-on-non-academic-rhetorical-situations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/engaging-audiences-beyond-the-university-writing-in-and-reflecting-on-non-academic-rhetorical-situations\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaging Audiences Beyond the University: Writing in and Reflecting on Non-Academic Rhetorical Situations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rebecca Chenoweth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assignments &amp; Activities Archive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Chenoweth-AAA-Contribution.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Chenoweth-AAA-Contribution.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a7960e4e-be90-41a4-91c6-41c46bdc6e14\" href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Chenoweth-AAA-Contribution.pdf\">Chenoweth-AAA-Contribution<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Chenoweth-AAA-Contribution.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a7960e4e-be90-41a4-91c6-41c46bdc6e14\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assignment Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This assignment invites students to identify academic knowledge that they value, and to share this knowledge with a new audience that is impacted by and\/or can impact the topic. They are then tasked with analyzing their own writing in this \u201cnon-academic\u201d rhetorical situation. Both components of this assignment respond to calls for more accessible academic knowledge and more equitable relationships between researchers and communities: the first half emphasizes audience engagement, and the second half reflects on the norms of writing in both academic and non-academic spaces. In part 1, students present an academic source\u2019s findings or theories on a topic of their choice, writing in a \u201cnon-academic\u201d genre that seems engaging and appropriate for their new audience (500-750 words). Students aim to not only inform the audience, but also to engage them by acknowledging the audience\u2019s experiences and expertise, and supporting the audience in effecting change or co-creating new knowledge. In part 2, students write a reflective essay (750-1000 words) that explains their rationale for choosing this rhetorical situation and analyzes the impact of their writing through the eyes of their audience. To close this self-analysis, students explain how their project reflects current or ideal relationships between their discipline and specific \u201cpublics.\u201d Because students choose the topics they will discuss, the audiences they will target, and the genres they will use, their projects often reflect their own memberships to multiple academic, professional, and personal communities. Their intersecting memberships often motivate them, and conflicts between their memberships can grant them unique critical lenses on their discipline\u2019s practices (Johns). Students pursue forms of engagement that are both \u201crelational,\u201d impacting relationships between scholars and communities and individuals who are impacted by and can impact their work, and \u201coutcomes oriented,\u201d changing the terms of public debate, equipping readers to put their knowledge into practice, or increasing readers\u2019 agency in dialogue with or response to their discipline (Davies 695699). Past projects have advocated for social change through posters at political demonstrations, sparked children\u2019s interest in fields like computer science, and shaped sustainable practices in communities near campus. This is a variation of the popular \u201cgenre translation\u201d assignment, and builds upon prior iterations developed by Writing Program faculty at UC Santa Barbara. One iteration, developed by Linda Adler-Kassner and program faculty, invites students to reshape the ideas from a scholarly journal article into a new genre. Another \u201cwriting about writing\u201d version of this assignment, developed by Randi Browning, invites students to share something they have learned about writing with two new audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebecca Chenoweth Assignments &amp; Activities Archive Assignment Description This assignment invites students to identify academic knowledge that they value, and to share this knowledge with a new audience that is impacted by and\/or can impact the topic. They are then tasked with analyzing their own writing in this \u201cnon-academic\u201d rhetorical situation. 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