Readings:

• Naming What We Know TC 3.1 "Writing is Linked to Identity"

• Naming What We Know TC 3.5 "Writing Provides a Representation of Ideologies and Identities" 

Groups:

• Each group needs to the quote provided, a connection to Dr. Araiza's lecture, and an a connection to Genre #2

  • Add group notes to the Google running document!​

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• Group A: 

  • "Through writing, writers come to develop and perform identities in relation to the interests, beliefs, and values of the communities they engage with, understanding the possibilities for selfhood available in those communities." (p. 30)​

• Group B: 

  • "The act of writing, then, is not so much about using a particular set of skills as it is about becoming a particular kind of person, about developing a sense of who we are."​ (p. 31)

• Group C: 

  • "Identity politics-the idea that one's self-defined identities drive one's choice as they engage in discussions, actions, and interactions-entails a conscious decision by the individual to enter...a reduction of complex political and economic relations in order to present a political statement." (57)

• Group D: 

  • "...when writing from an overtly political or cultural position there is a risk in identity politics of reducing cultures, races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, or class relations in their "natures," especially when writers do this as they imagine their audiences and their identities." ​(p.57)

• Group E: 

  • "In other words, because all ​writing is inflected by power dynamics shaped by identities and ideologies, writers must become aware of how those identities and ideologies are represented in their writing." (p. 58)

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• Think of how this connects to our previous reading discussions...