‘The Right to not be Addressed’
This paper was written for the 2015 University of South Carolina Rhetorical Theory Conference, which meets in October. The conference theme is “Rhetorical Theory’s Others,” and …
15 Oct
Obfuscated Mapping
Obfuscated Mapping
This is a paper I delivered at the 2014 Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference in Dallas, Texas. The paper was part of …
14 Sep
Speaking Across the Divide
Speaking Across the Divide
Photo Credit:Â “A house divided…” by tracy apps It sure would be great if “literature” and “rhetoric and composition” weren’t viewed as completely separate spheres of activity. …
12 Aug
Sound Arguments
Sound Arguments
Image Credit: “Sound Effects Box” by Mark Demers On Friday, I posted the first chapter of a new project called Making Machines, a book/website that will combine (or “mashup”) …
08 Jul
Making Machines
Making Machines
Image Credit: Robot by stevent On Wednesday, July 10, 2013 a robot will be giving me a writing assignment. That robot is a Twitterbot called @makingmachines, …
13 Nov
Database, Narrative, Robots, and Witches
Database, Narrative, Robots, and Witches
Last week, I was scheduled to give a talk at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee entitled “Narrative, Database, and Algorithm in the Hospitable Network.” Unfortunately, the …
06 Jul
The Decorum of Objects in O-Zone
The Decorum of Objects in O-Zone
Image Credit: O-Zone logo An edited version of my RSA 2012 presentation, “Paul Cret and the Decorum of Objects,” is now available at Ozone: A Journal …
28 May
Paul Cret and the Decorum of Objects
Paul Cret and the Decorum of Objects
For this year’s Rhetoric Society of America conference, I organized a panel called “Object-Oriented Rhetoric: The Case of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.” Scot Barnett and …
28 May
The Long Game
The Long Game
Image Credit:Â “Extra Innings & Manual Scoreboard @ Rickwood Field” by I Believe I Can Fry I had to duck out of the Rhetoric Society of America …
20 May
The Year of Computational Thinking
The Year of Computational Thinking
Image Credit: “Habitat – Exoskeleton – Top View” by Horst Kiechle Here’s a video of my presentation from this year’s Computer’s and Writing Conference. It was …