Inquiry IV
Digital Remix
Throughout the semester, we have talked about rhetoric as being defined by issues of context and audience. In your Public Argument, for instance, you sophisticatedly entered an ongoing conversation—paying special attention to the values and expectations of a particular audience. To make an effective argument, you were attentive to the context surrounding the conversation you were entering.
Missing from our discussion has been a critical consideration of how the medium affects the message. For Inquiry 4, the Digital Remix, you are to remediate—essentially remix—your Public Argument into a new form and genre, paying close attention to the affordances and genre expectations of the new mode. In remixing your Public Argument, I ask that you use both the affordances of video (moving and still images) and sound. As such, your remix will likely take the form of short video. If you have other ideas, work them out with me before hand.
Some questions you may want to consider:
Evaluation
This inquiry isn’t about displaying your technical skill with a new technology. Instead, it’s about remixing your argument in a rhetorically savvy way. As such, 40 percent of your grade will be based upon a written reflection. Forty percent will be based upon the final project and 10 percent will be based upon the in-class presentation.
Important Dates:
November 5 — proposal
November 16 — peer response
November 19 — final project and reflection due
November 19 and 26 — in-class presentations
Missing from our discussion has been a critical consideration of how the medium affects the message. For Inquiry 4, the Digital Remix, you are to remediate—essentially remix—your Public Argument into a new form and genre, paying close attention to the affordances and genre expectations of the new mode. In remixing your Public Argument, I ask that you use both the affordances of video (moving and still images) and sound. As such, your remix will likely take the form of short video. If you have other ideas, work them out with me before hand.
Some questions you may want to consider:
- How can you advance your argument to a different audience?
- How can you extend your argument using the affordances of a new medium?
- How can you use the affordances of a new medium in rhetorically savvy ways?
- How can you valorize the expectations of the community you’re composing for?
- How might your rhetorical strategies be different than those used in Inquiry 3?
Evaluation
This inquiry isn’t about displaying your technical skill with a new technology. Instead, it’s about remixing your argument in a rhetorically savvy way. As such, 40 percent of your grade will be based upon a written reflection. Forty percent will be based upon the final project and 10 percent will be based upon the in-class presentation.
Important Dates:
November 5 — proposal
November 16 — peer response
November 19 — final project and reflection due
November 19 and 26 — in-class presentations