Friday, February 27, 2009

IAR

"Taking Black Technology Use Seriously: African American Discursive Traditions in the Digital Underground" by Adam J. Banks

What is invention?
  • research on AAVE, its uses and rhetoric/gramatical features
  • research previously written information on this topic by scholars
  • Smitherman, Powell, Rickford
  • find websites that use and discuss AAVE, blackplanet.com

What is being invented?

  • how do African Americans express themselves in different situations online
  • BlackPlanet allows them to express who they really are
  • African American accessibility to the internet and digital space
  • interaction with others let them know they are not alone

What is being arranged?

  • the internet to AAVE
  • AAVE to the "underground"
  • the "underground" to the digital divide
  • the digital divide to Blackplanet.com
  • Blackplanet.com to feedback from peers
  • feedback from peers to rhetoric features
  • rhetoric features to allowing blacks to use their own language

What is arrangement?

  • example of what is not used much
  • general to specific
  • specific problem
  • problem to solution
  • example of solution
  • general to specific
  • what should be done

What is being revised?

  • allow blacks to use their own language
  • allow greater access to the internet
  • let them explore their culture
  • they need an outlet to be themselves
  • bridge the gap of the digital divide

What is revision?

  • examples of real life and how blacks can express themselves
  • examples of specific AAVE language
  • quotes from scholars, many resources
  • solution to bridge the gap

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