Workshop on Rhetoric and Composition
with Sweta Baniya
Organized by Martin Chautari
This workshop is aimed as an introduction to rhetoric and composition. As a field of inquiry that has been around for over 60 years, the discipline covers traditional, modern, and contemporary understanding of rhetoric in various aspects of society, politics and education. This workshop will focus mostly on non-western rhetoric. However, it will also delve into some western rhetorical practices and understandings such as ancient Greek rhetorical theories. The aim is to explore and compare different traditions within the discipline. In addition, contemporary rhetorical studies and scholarship including social media research, rhetorical theories, digital rhetoric etc. will also be discussed along with a brief overview of composition studies. Through this brief immersion into rhetoric and composition, the workshop hopes to contribute to research and writing using this discipline among Nepali students at the university level.
Sweta Baniya is from Nepal and currently a Doctoral Candidate at Purdue University. She is working on her dissertation project that studies the emergence of transnational assemblages during Nepal’s Earthquake and Puerto Rico’s Hurricane. Her dissertation project focuses on merging comparative rhetoric as well as technical/professional communication by studying disaster-affected communities and comparing their emergent digital composition, communication, and rhetorical practices. Her scholarship is informed by non-western rhetorical traditions and practices that she acquired via her community in Nepal. Currently, she teaches Business Writing with International Service Learning where she guides students on navigating transnational spaces via multicultural communication, technology, and service learning.
Application Process
Please submit the following in an email with clear subject line indicating your interest in the workshop:
- A cover letter, either in Nepali or English, describing your interest in the workshop, your current academic engagement, if any, and what you hope to achieve from this workshop.
- A brief CV that mentions your contact information, educational and disciplinary achievements, relevant work experiences and publications.
Applications are to be submitted as one single attached file appropriately named and sent to chautari@mos.com.np with “Workshop on Rhetoric and Composition” on the subject line.
Workshop dates:
This is a two-day workshop to be held on May 24, (Friday) and May 26, (Sunday), 2019. It will take place in the morning from 7:15 to 10:00.
Venue
Seminar Hall, Martin Chautari
27, Jeetjung Marg, Thapathali, Kathmandu [Location map]
Course fee: NRs. 1,000
Application deadline: May 21, 2019
For registration please contact Martin Chautari office
Tel: 01 4238050/4102027
Email: chautari@mos.com.np
Reading list
Day 1: Classical Rhetoric, Comparative Rhetoric, and Composition Studies
Kennedy, G. A. 1999. Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition from Ancient to Modern Times. Second edition. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. (Chapter One Only)
Lloyd, K. 2013. Learning from India’s Nyāya Rhetoric: Debating Analogically through Vāda’s Fruitful Dialogue. Rhetoric Society Quarterly 43(3): 285–299. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/02773945.2013.792698
Mao, L., Wang, B., Lyon, A., Jarratt, S. C., Swearingen, C. J., Romano, Simonson, P., Mailloux, S. and Lu, X. 2015. Manifesting a Future for Comparative Rhetoric. Rhetoric Review 34(3): 239–274. https://doi.org/10.1080/07350198. 2015.104010
Takayoshi, P. 2018. Writing in Social Worlds: An Argument for Researching Composing Processes. College Composition and Communication 69(4): 550–580.
Day 2: Technical Communication
Porter, J. E and Sullivan, P.A. 2007. Remapping Curricular Geography. Journal of Business and Technical Communication 21(1): 15-20.
Ding, H. and J. Zhang. 2010. Social Media and Participatory Risk Communication During the H1n1 Flu Epidemic: A Comparative Study of the United States and China. China Media Research 6(4): 80–91.
Jones, N. N. 2017. Rhetorical Narratives of Black Entrepreneurs: The Business of Race, Agency, and Cultural Empowerment. Journal of Business and Technical Communication 31(3): 319–349. https://doi.org/10.1177/1050651917695540
Jones, N. N., Moore, K. R., & Walton, R. 2016. Disrupting the Past to Disrupt the Future: An Antenarrative of Technical Communication. Technical Communication Quarterly 25(4): 211–229. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252. 2016.1224655
Scales, C. and Potts, L. 2014. Capturing the Ephemeral: Using Digital Tools to Record Sites of Participatory Memory. Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on The Design of Communication CD-ROM Article No. 21. https://doi.org/10.1145/2666216.2666236
with Sweta Baniya
Organized by Martin Chautari
This workshop is aimed as an introduction to rhetoric and composition. As a field of inquiry that has been around for over 60 years, the discipline covers traditional, modern, and contemporary understanding of rhetoric in various aspects of society, politics and education. This workshop will focus mostly on non-western rhetoric. However, it will also delve into some western rhetorical practices and understandings such as ancient Greek rhetorical theories. The aim is to explore and compare different traditions within the discipline. In addition, contemporary rhetorical studies and scholarship including social media research, rhetorical theories, digital rhetoric etc. will also be discussed along with a brief overview of composition studies. Through this brief immersion into rhetoric and composition, the workshop hopes to contribute to research and writing using this discipline among Nepali students at the university level.
Sweta Baniya is from Nepal and currently a Doctoral Candidate at Purdue University. She is working on her dissertation project that studies the emergence of transnational assemblages during Nepal’s Earthquake and Puerto Rico’s Hurricane. Her dissertation project focuses on merging comparative rhetoric as well as technical/professional communication by studying disaster-affected communities and comparing their emergent digital composition, communication, and rhetorical practices. Her scholarship is informed by non-western rhetorical traditions and practices that she acquired via her community in Nepal. Currently, she teaches Business Writing with International Service Learning where she guides students on navigating transnational spaces via multicultural communication, technology, and service learning.
Application Process
Please submit the following in an email with clear subject line indicating your interest in the workshop:
- A cover letter, either in Nepali or English, describing your interest in the workshop, your current academic engagement, if any, and what you hope to achieve from this workshop.
- A brief CV that mentions your contact information, educational and disciplinary achievements, relevant work experiences and publications.
Applications are to be submitted as one single attached file appropriately named and sent to chautari@mos.com.np with “Workshop on Rhetoric and Composition” on the subject line.
Workshop dates:
This is a two-day workshop to be held on May 24, (Friday) and May 26, (Sunday), 2019. It will take place in the morning from 7:15 to 10:00.
Venue
Seminar Hall, Martin Chautari
27, Jeetjung Marg, Thapathali, Kathmandu [Location map]
Course fee: NRs. 1,000
Application deadline: May 21, 2019
For registration please contact Martin Chautari office
Tel: 01 4238050/4102027
Email: chautari@mos.com.np
Reading list
Day 1: Classical Rhetoric, Comparative Rhetoric, and Composition Studies
Kennedy, G. A. 1999. Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition from Ancient to Modern Times. Second edition. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. (Chapter One Only)
Lloyd, K. 2013. Learning from India’s Nyāya Rhetoric: Debating Analogically through Vāda’s Fruitful Dialogue. Rhetoric Society Quarterly 43(3): 285–299. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/02773945.2013.792698
Mao, L., Wang, B., Lyon, A., Jarratt, S. C., Swearingen, C. J., Romano, Simonson, P., Mailloux, S. and Lu, X. 2015. Manifesting a Future for Comparative Rhetoric. Rhetoric Review 34(3): 239–274. https://doi.org/10.1080/07350198. 2015.104010
Takayoshi, P. 2018. Writing in Social Worlds: An Argument for Researching Composing Processes. College Composition and Communication 69(4): 550–580.
Day 2: Technical Communication
Porter, J. E and Sullivan, P.A. 2007. Remapping Curricular Geography. Journal of Business and Technical Communication 21(1): 15-20.
Ding, H. and J. Zhang. 2010. Social Media and Participatory Risk Communication During the H1n1 Flu Epidemic: A Comparative Study of the United States and China. China Media Research 6(4): 80–91.
Jones, N. N. 2017. Rhetorical Narratives of Black Entrepreneurs: The Business of Race, Agency, and Cultural Empowerment. Journal of Business and Technical Communication 31(3): 319–349. https://doi.org/10.1177/1050651917695540
Jones, N. N., Moore, K. R., & Walton, R. 2016. Disrupting the Past to Disrupt the Future: An Antenarrative of Technical Communication. Technical Communication Quarterly 25(4): 211–229. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252. 2016.1224655
Scales, C. and Potts, L. 2014. Capturing the Ephemeral: Using Digital Tools to Record Sites of Participatory Memory. Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on The Design of Communication CD-ROM Article No. 21. https://doi.org/10.1145/2666216.2666236