Questions for Discussion and Journaling
2) The Genres of the 2 classes are different. In a composition you can choose a genre to write about that you may be familiar with. In art history or another class the paper would be based on a particular discourse community genre. This may not be as easy to research and therefore as an outsider to that community, it may not be fully understood and interpreted wrong. The conflict arises when as an outsider you try to understand the genre of a particular discourse community without having full knowledge of that group.
3) Examples of genre sets at Ohio University I feel would be notes taken in class and emails to instructors and other classmates. Papers that are written as assignments and exams given by instructors would also be examples of genre sets. Peer reviews done in class would also be a genre set along with instructor feedback. I am a part of one or more of these genre sets on a daily basis.
Applying and Exploring Ideas
3)By researching through the ethnographic field world,you can focus on the general and the more particular areas of a specific culture. Basically not just analysing a culture through reading about it.Rather focusing more on communication and behavior, the lived experience of the culture. This can be done by gathering samples of genres and analyzing them.
Meta Moment
I believe ethnographic field work is the better choice to understanding discourse communities. In a sense you can infiltrate the community by analysing genres and doing interviews with members of a discourse community. In doing this you get a better sense of the communication and purpose of the community. Where as if you just read about them you are getting the view of someone else of that community which may or may not be an accurate interpretation.
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