College Composition and Communication Feb 2015

“Gifts” of the Archives: A Pedagogy for Undergraduate Research

Wendy Hayden Hunter College

Abstract

This essay details the pedagogical possibilities of incorporating archival research assignments in undergraduate rhetoric and composition courses. It uses Susan Wells’s concept of the “gifts” of the archives to explore a pedagogy for undergraduate research that emphasizes uncertainty and exploration—a pedagogy that has applications beyond undergraduate archival research projects.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2015-02-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201526859
Open Access
Closed
Topics
archival research multilingual writers

Citation Context

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  4. McMartin (2024)
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  5. Longaker et al. (2022)
    Archiving Our Own: The Digital Archive of Rhetoric and Composition at the Unive…
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    Archival Play
    Pedagogy
  2. McDaneld (2021)
    Post-racial Preoccupations
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  3. Enoch (2020)
    Rewriting a Woman’s Life (Online)
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  4. Daniel-Wariya et al. (2020)
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    Pedagogy
  5. Rivard (2019)
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  6. Lueck et al. (2019)
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  7. Rawson (2018)
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