TY - JOUR
T1 - The Importance of Harmony: An Ecological Metaphor for Writing Research
T2 - An ecological metaphor for writing research
AU - Fleckenstein, Kristie
AU - Spinuzzi, Clay
AU - Rickly, Rebecca
AU - Papper, Carole Clark
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - This essay argues for the value of an ecological metaphor in conceptualizing, designing, and enacting research in writing studies. Such a metaphor conceives of activities, actors, situations, and phenomena as interdependent, diverse, and fused through feedback. This ecological orientation invites composition scholars to research rhetorically: to devise and argue for a systematic account of reality in ways that others find persuasive, useful, and widely applicable while remaining sensitive to the incompleteness and the distortions of a single account.
AB - This essay argues for the value of an ecological metaphor in conceptualizing, designing, and enacting research in writing studies. Such a metaphor conceives of activities, actors, situations, and phenomena as interdependent, diverse, and fused through feedback. This ecological orientation invites composition scholars to research rhetorically: to devise and argue for a systematic account of reality in ways that others find persuasive, useful, and widely applicable while remaining sensitive to the incompleteness and the distortions of a single account.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=58149466845&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
VL - 60
SP - 388
EP - 419
JO - College Composition and Communication
JF - College Composition and Communication
IS - 2
ER -