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Writing Research Across Borders: Contemporary Research in
Composition
Paul M. Rogers PhD. November 11, 2013
The more you look into it, writing is not just an imperative for schooling, it is a core element of human history.
Charles BazermanHandbook of Research on Writing
The Broad Domains of Writing Research
• History of Writing• Writing in Society• Writing in Schooling• Writing and the Individual• Writing as Text
The History of Writing
• Early Origins of Writing• History of Writing Technologies• History of Typography• History of the Book, Authorship & Design• History of Reflection, Theory, and Research
How Writing Started
Sumerians created the first written language based on abstract signs around 3000 B.C.E
This is the earliest form of Chinese writing, used probably from the Middle to the Late Shang dynasty (approximately 1500 BC ?? to 1000 BC). Most of the time, this script was etched onto turtle shells and animals bones, which were then used for divination in the royal court.
Early Meso-American Writing The Dresden Codex: circa 650 BCE
The History of Writing Technologies
The History of Typeface
History of the Book
History of Authorship
The Broad Domains of Writing Research
• History of Writing• Writing in Society• Writing in Schooling• Writing and the Individual• Writing as Text
Writing and Society
• Writing and the Social Formation of the Economy
• Documentary Society• Writing, Text, and the Law• Writing and Knowledge• The Collection and Organization of Written
Knowledge• Writing as Art and Entertainment
The Documentary Society
“The text comes before us without any apparent attachments. It seems to stand on its own, to be inert without impetus or power. But in the situations of our everyday life as contrasted with our scholarly activities we find texts operative in many ways.” Dorothy Smith
Writing and the History of Knowledge
The representation of knowledge in texts is the product of social encounters,constrained by convention, necessarily ambiguous, and involves multiple interrelated genres.
Writing, Text, and the Law
Writing and the Collection of Knowledge
Writing as Art
Writing and the Professions
Writing and Social Change
The Broad Domains of Writing Research
• History of Writing• Writing in Society• Writing in Schooling• Writing and the Individual• Writing as Text