In academic colloquia the most privileged and noble mission of
universities is exercised: the advancing and testing of ideas, the
production of truth and knowledge, an activity that is nothing less
than the "the essential sound for a place of thought." But, as
ideas advance and are tested, what are people doing? What is the
role for emotions and relationships? What worries do faculty and
graduate students bring to this occasion? What problems do
participants face as they talk with each other? How are problems
made visible in talk and given attention through talk? Colloquium
speaks to these questions by analyzing tape recorded discussions of
several academic groups, and interviews in which academics reflect
about their colloquium participation. Colloquium addresses three
key questions: (1) What are the communicative problems that face
graduate student and faculty participants? (2) What conversational
strategies are used in response to these problems? and (3) How
ought academics talk with each other? This book develops how the
academic colloquium is best conceived as a dilemmatic situation-a
communicative occasion involving tensions and contradiction. With a
dilemmatic perspective, colloquium problems experienced as diffuse
and hard to articulate become recognizable, various conversational
"trivia" become sensible, and specific moral/practical proposals
emerge as defensible and desirable courses of action. The work
covers views that colloquium problems form the perspective of
individual participants in their roles as presenters and
discussants, and graduate students and faculty members; dilemmas
discourse practices of the academic colloquium are examined from a
group perspective; and aphilosophical and pragmatic reconstruction
of practice.
General
| Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
1997 |
| First published: |
1997 |
| Authors: |
Karen Tracy
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
216 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-56750-224-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-56750-224-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781567502244 |
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