Joseph Herbert on sun 1 jun 08
My sister once had an approved master's project that was titled, "The
Rhetoric of the Whole Earth Catalog." This was a brilliant idea because she
could then use one reference to produce a master's thesis for the English
Dept. at The Ohio State University. This was some time ago (you could tell
by the topic) and she never finished it, but one (or this one) wonders what
a similar project, actually completed, might show about the trends in
statement and expression on Clayart over the years. Have we become more
civil? Was the language of the early adopters a characteristic of that kind
of person, or was it just the time?
Prod your English Major friends in this direction. One reference, already
searchable, ready to go. Just tell us where the finished thesis will be
posted.
Joe
Joseph Herbert
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Lee Love on mon 2 jun 08
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Joseph Herbert wrote:
> a similar project, actually completed, might show about the trends in
> statement and expression on Clayart over the years. Have we become more
> civil?
Joseph,
It was more civil in the old days. But back then, the
majority of people accessed non-fido net and usenet lists via
University email accounts. And list owners were often college
professors.
--
Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
http://claycraft.blogspot.com/
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is
rounded with a sleep." --PROSPERO Tempest Shakespeare
Ivor and Olive Lewis on tue 3 jun 08
Dear Joseph Herbert ,
There is a need for something to be done with the Clayart Archives if
the "Knowledge" contained within that multitude of posts is to be made
useful.
Collating, correlating, building an index and a rational table of
contents might be a good place for you or someone to make a start in
creating a useful universal reference.
It could be one of those writing projects that the American Ceramic
Society would be willing to support as a fundraiser, as they are doing
with PMI articles
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
South Australia.
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