Transcript Examining Disciplinary Texts

Writing Across the Profession
Examining Disciplinary Texts
Frederic Murray
Assistant Professor
MLIS, University of British Columbia
BA, Political Science, University of Iowa
Instructional Services Librarian
Al Harris Library
[email protected]
Examining Disciplinary Texts
• A discipline's discourse (its text)
conceptualizes and communicates
knowledge for its community.
Frans B.M. de Waal –Primatologist
E.O. Wilson – Myrmecologist
Thomas Kuhn -Philosopher of Science
John McPhee – Geology
Oliver Sacks – Neurologist
David Halberstam - Historian
Charles Bowden - Journalist
Charles Bowden is the author of eleven books including A Shadow in the
City: Confessions of an Undercover Dog; Down By the River: Drugs, Money,
Murder and Family; Juárez: The Laboratory of our Future; Blood Orchid: An
Unnatural History of America; Desierto: Memories of the Future; Red
Line; Blue Desert; and (with Michael Binstein) Trust Me: Charles Keating and
the Missing Billions.
Michael E. Porter – Business
Examining Disciplinary Texts
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Review your selected text
Locate 2 similar texts in assigned field
Utilize database 1(JSTOR)
Utilize website 1 (Openthesis)
Compare the 3 texts
Report back to the class
similarities/digressions
• Be prepared to discuss
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Frans B.M. de Waal – Primatology: We’re All Machiavellians
E.O. Wilson – Myrmecology/ Entomology: In the Company of Ants
Thomas Kuhn – Philosophy of Science: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
John McPhee – Geology: Basin & Range
Oliver Sacks – Neurology: A Bolt from the Blue
David Halberstam – History: A Warning at Unsan
Charles Bowden – Journalism/Law: Lord of the Drug Ring
Michael Porter – Business:
– Porter, Michael E. "WHY AMERICA NEEDS AN ECONOMIC
STRATEGY." BusinessWeek 10 Nov. 2008: 38+. Business Source Complete.
EBSCO. Web. 5 Feb. 2010
– Porter, Michael E., and Forest L. Reinhardt. "A Strategic Approach to
Climate." Harvard Business Review 85.10 (2007): 22-26.Business Source
Complete. EBSCO. Web. 5 Feb. 2010.
– Porter, Michael. "Leader as Strategist." Leadership Excellence 23.6 (2006):
6-7. Business Source Complete. EBSCO. Web. 5 Feb. 2010.
Citations
De Wall, Frans B.M. “We’re All Machiavellians. ”The Best American Science Writing 2006. New
York; Harper, 2006. Print.
Wilson, E.O. “In the Company of Ants.” In Search of Nature. Washington D.C.; Island Press,
1996. Print.
Kuhn, Thomas. “Introduction: A Role for History.” The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
Chicago; U of Chicago P, 1996. Print.
McPhee, John. “Basin and Range.” The Second John McPhee Reader. New York; Farrar,
1996. Print.
Sacks, Oliver. “A Bolt from the Blue.” The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2008.
Boston; Houghton, 2008. Print.
Halberstam, David. “A Warning at Unsan.” The Coldest Winter. New York; Hyperion, 2007.
Print.
Bowden, Charles. “Lord of the Drug Ring.” The Best American Crime Writing 2004. New York;
Pantheon, 2004. Print.
Porter, Michael E. "WHY AMERICA NEEDS AN ECONOMIC STRATEGY." BusinessWeek 10 Nov.
2008: 38+. Business Source Complete. EBSCO. Web. 5 Feb. 2010
Porter, Michael E., and Forest L. Reinhardt. "A Strategic Approach to Climate." Harvard
Business Review 85.10 (2007): 22-26.Business Source Complete. EBSCO. Web. 5 Feb.
2010.
Porter, Michael. "Leader as Strategist." Leadership Excellence 23.6 (2006): 6-7. Business
Source Complete. EBSCO. Web. 5 Feb. 2010.
Writing Your Paper
• Writing Center
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– Call for appointment #774-7083
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– MLA Handbook at Reference & Circulation
Desk
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Questions?
• Contact me:
• Frederic Murray
• 774-7113
• [email protected]
Thanks!