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Jenny Rice on Rhetoric, Mechanics, and Digital Production
General Summary: Professor Jenny Rice talks about her research on digital rhetoric and the importance of using digital tools as mechanics to teach rhetoric and writing. Two undergraduate students at UT interview Dr. Rice about mechanics and its connection to rhetoric, the role of digital tools in rhetoric, and the state of digital mechanics in 2023.
Detailed Summary: Introduction of interviewers and Jenny Rice (00.00-00.42); Rice’s summary of her article’s argument (00.42-0.2.57); Rice’s definition of mechanics (02.57-04.45); why Rice thinks Americans have been influenced to believe in this ideology of proper grammar (04.45-07.41); Rice gives examples of mechanics she believes to be creative rather than instrumental (07.41-10.13); Rice explains part of Robert Pirsig's book, and the issue of _Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance_ and how this can apply to rhetoricians and students (10:13-14:03); Rice explains how rhetoricians can teach students to be stronger writers by using mechanics and creativity, straying from cookie cutter mechanics (14:03-19:04); Rice explains how templates do not have to be limiting and the creative work that can come from them (19:04- 23:34); acknowledgements (23:34-24:18).
Scholarly Article Informing this Production: Rice, Jenny Edbauer. “Rhetoric’s
Mechanics: Retooling the Equipment of Writing Production.” _College Composition and Communication_, vol. 60, no. 2, 2008, pp. 366–87.
Credits: Under the guidance of Mark Longaker, this podcast was produced by Claire Baxter, Josh Franklin, Maria Piedra Castillo, and Ken Tarleton. The voices on this podcast feature Dr. Jenny Rice, Maria Piedra Castillo, and Ken Tarleton. This podcast was produced with resources and assistance provided by the Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav was
adapted and incorporated under Creative Commons 1.0 license.
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By Digital Writing and Research Lab, UT AustinGeneral Summary: Professor Jenny Rice talks about her research on digital rhetoric and the importance of using digital tools as mechanics to teach rhetoric and writing. Two undergraduate students at UT interview Dr. Rice about mechanics and its connection to rhetoric, the role of digital tools in rhetoric, and the state of digital mechanics in 2023.
Detailed Summary: Introduction of interviewers and Jenny Rice (00.00-00.42); Rice’s summary of her article’s argument (00.42-0.2.57); Rice’s definition of mechanics (02.57-04.45); why Rice thinks Americans have been influenced to believe in this ideology of proper grammar (04.45-07.41); Rice gives examples of mechanics she believes to be creative rather than instrumental (07.41-10.13); Rice explains part of Robert Pirsig's book, and the issue of _Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance_ and how this can apply to rhetoricians and students (10:13-14:03); Rice explains how rhetoricians can teach students to be stronger writers by using mechanics and creativity, straying from cookie cutter mechanics (14:03-19:04); Rice explains how templates do not have to be limiting and the creative work that can come from them (19:04- 23:34); acknowledgements (23:34-24:18).
Scholarly Article Informing this Production: Rice, Jenny Edbauer. “Rhetoric’s
Mechanics: Retooling the Equipment of Writing Production.” _College Composition and Communication_, vol. 60, no. 2, 2008, pp. 366–87.
Credits: Under the guidance of Mark Longaker, this podcast was produced by Claire Baxter, Josh Franklin, Maria Piedra Castillo, and Ken Tarleton. The voices on this podcast feature Dr. Jenny Rice, Maria Piedra Castillo, and Ken Tarleton. This podcast was produced with resources and assistance provided by the Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav was
adapted and incorporated under Creative Commons 1.0 license.