Hey guys, I'm just reporting from the RSA Institute here in Penn State and already it's been exciting and adventurous! Here's some highlight from the last couple of hours:
Best Visual Reminder That This is Not a Conference:
Mike Leff--in shorts. And white tennis shoes. Leff is a super-nice guy...I've really enjoyed his remarks this morning.
Best Rhetorical Gossip:
A little bird tells me that Stephen Mailoux will be leaving UC -Irving and headed back to his alma mater. Oooh..!
Best Quote:
"It's good to feel self-conscious. Feeling self-conscious is the first step towards actualization." --Michael Leff
Best Last-minute Riff on Intentionality:
We spent our last twenty minutes of the session discussing intentionality in textual criticism and everyone was cheerily declaring:
1-intentionality doesn't matter
2-even if it did matter, the text creates intentionality
3-how do you even define intentionality? I mean, does even the rhetor know what he intends?
4- and what counts as evidence of intentionality? That assumption's going to change
5-Intent is sort of the equivilent of effect: you can't really include it, but you know it's there.
Very fun stuff! I'll post more in the future, but our first session on the history of rhetorical criticism and textual criticism/ "close reading" left me with tons of notes and much enlightenment and it's only the start! I'll continue to share with you guys all the delightful events of the Institute as it goes--there's plenty to share!
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