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THE WRITING CENTER AS CULTURAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTACT ZONE Randall W. Monty The Writing Center as Cultural and Interdisciplinary Contact Zone Randall W . Monty The Writing Center as Cultural and Interdisciplinary Contact Zone Randall W. Monty University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, Texas, USA ISBN 978-1-137-54093-5 ISBN 978-1-137-54094-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-54094-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016939274 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2 016 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identifi ed as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifi cally the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfi lms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specifi c statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the pub- lisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. London For Victoria and Eva Grace. A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS When I was an undergraduate writing tutor, I once gave up tickets to a Sonic Youth/Yo La Tengo concert so that I could stay home and fi nish my research project on regional writing centers. That sentence probably tells you most of what you need to know about me, but I mention it here to illustrate how long I have been working on the ideas for this book. As a result, the number of people I want to thank for helping me along the way is considerable. Let me start by thanking all the students and tutors that I had the privilege of working with and learning from. A great many colleagues were willing to use their own valuable time in order to provide feedback and advice throughout my writing and research processes, and you all deserve gracious praise: Esther Al-Tabaa, Alice Batt, Olivia Briggs, Kathleen Shine Cain, Jonikka Charlton, Colin Charlton, Melinda DeNero, Michele Eodice, Benjamin Erwin, Jeanette Jeneault, Rebecca Hallman, Lou Herman, Dawnelle Jager, Kerri Jordan, Shannon McCrocklin, Megan McIntyre, Michelle Miley, Magdalena Nowak, Steve Price, Martha Smith, Kyle Stedman, Hill Taylor, Ellen Walker, Stacia Watkins, Nancy Wilson, Scott Whiddon, Rebekah Hamilton and Craig Wynne. And special thanks to Chloe Fitzsimmons and everyone at Palgrave Macmillan for fi nding value in my work and helping me see it through from proposal to publication. I have been fortunate to know teachers and mentors whose generosity with time and support was probably more than I deserved. So thank you, Roberto Avant-Mier, Beth Brunk-Chavez, Kate Mangelsdorf, and Bruce Pegg. vii viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Most folks who get the opportunity to write an acknowledgements sec- tion thank their partner, but it’s really something I should do more often, and in person. For now though, thank you Annette Zapata Monty, for keeping me grounded and motivated. C ONTENTS 1 Introduction: Little Rooms 1 Situatedness 1 Small Rooms 3 What You’ll Find Inside 8 Final Preparatory Thoughts: “We” Are Writing Center Studies 1 1 References 13 2 Discourse as Framework 1 7 Situatedness 17 Locations 18 Theoretical Framework 20 Critical Discourse Analysis 21 Contact Zone 25 Mixed Methodology 30 Defi nitions 31 Rhetoric and Discourse 3 1 References 33 3 Discursively Constructing the Session 3 9 Situatedness 39 Artifact 42 Methodology 42 ix
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