March 3


 

 

 

On Deck:

 

Due Next Class:


The way you pitch a problem to the class should follow the stasis procedure up to the key "resting point" (stasis) for today in our discussion or debate:  

 

Is this potentially a viable and interesting technical report?

 

1. Conjecture questions(stasis stochasmos)— 

 

ATTITUDE FOR TEAM DISCUSSION = FRIENDLY (ALL IDEAS CAN BE TABLED), OPEN TO BIGGER IDEAS (KNOWING THAT YOU'D HAVE TO FOCUS THE PROJECT), OPEN TO MULTIPLE INTERESTS (AND TO FINDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES/FIELDS) 

 

2. Definition questions(stasis horos)—

 

ATTITUDE FOR TEAM DISCUSSION = FRIENDLY BUT DEBATING (ALL IDEAS MUST BE CATEGORIZED AND TESTED), STILL OPEN TO BIGGER IDEAS BUT YOU ALL MUST CONSIDER SERIOUSLY HOW YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON A MANAGEABLE PROJECT, WHICH MEANS YOU MUST START TO UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRAINTS/AFFORDANCES OF THE GENRE (WHAT IT'S SUPERSTRUCTURE ALLOW/ENABLE YOU TO DO, WHAT THE GOALS OF THE GENRE ALLOW/ENABLE YOU TO DO) 

 

3. Quality (stasis poiotes)—

 

ATTITUDE FOR TEAM DISCUSSION = INQUIRY BASED...ALL INITIAL IDEAS ARE TAKEN AS TOPICS TO BE EXPLORED: MEANING  READ ABOUT GENERALLY AND INITIALLY EXPLORED VIA COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR WORK/REPORTS,

 

A KEY POINT OF EMPHASIS IS THAT TEAM MEMBERS EMBRACE THINKING ABOUT THE PROJECT RHETORICALLY: MEANING THEY ARE FINDING WAYS TO EXPLORE/DISCOVER THE KEY GOALS FOR THEIR TEXT AND KNOW THESE MUST BE CONNECTED TO AUDIENCES -- AND TEAM MEMBERS ACCEPT THAT AUDIENCES MUST BE ANALYZED THROUGH A MORE FORMAL PROCESS...

 

4. Policy or Translative(stasis metalepsis)—

 

ATTITUDE FOR TEAM DISCUSSION = DEBATE/DISCUSSION AND SEEKING CONSENT FOR FORMALIZING ROLES AND PROCEDURES.  ALL MEMBERS ARE PLANNERS FOR DEFINING THE PROJECT'S GOALS, AND RESEARCH PROCEDURES.

 

 

 


 

For your pitch:

  1. Briefly tell us your top 5 (or so) ideas
  2. Walk us through the best one (or two), telling us why you think it would be viable and interesting to further plan out as a technical writing project
  3. Be prepared to answer stasis questions about one other (which may be a good or bad idea)