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Laurie Gries

Rhetoricity

Diane Davis

John Gallagher

Jim Brown

Jonathan Alexander

Steven Alvarez

Christine Tulley

Jackie Rhodes

Johnson Sackey

Joyce Locke Carter

Steph Ceraso

Casey Boyle

Shyam Sharma

Justin Hodgson

Laurence Rickels

Sharon Crowley

OwlTail

This episode features an interview with Laurie Gries. Dr. Gries is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder, where she has a joint appointment in the Department of Communication and the Program of Writing and Rhetoric. Laurie Gries researches visual rhetoric, circulation studies, research methodologies, new materialism, and the digital humanities. She's the author of the book Still Life With Rhetoric: A New Materialist Approach for Visual Rhetorics, which won the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s 2016 Advancement of Knowledge Award and 2016 Research Impact Award. Her work has also appeared in the journals Computers and Composition, Rhetoric Review, and Composition Studies. Most recently, her article “Visualizing Obama Hope” was published in Kairos.   In this interview, Gries discusses the limits and possibilities of new materialism, the importance of method and methodology in rhetorical studies, and her work developing PikTrack, a software that would allow researchers to track online images and create data visualizations of such images’ trajectories. We also talk about monkeys, chimpanzees, and the difficulty of defining the word “rhetoric.” This episode includes clips from the following:  "Monkey Gives CPR to Electrocuted Friend" from CNN "Wounda's Journey" from the Jane Goodall Institute "Resonance" by HOME 

This episode features an interview with <a href="http://legries.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Laurie Gries</a>. Dr. Gries is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder, where she has a joint appointment in the Department of Communication and the Program of Writing and Rhetoric. Laurie Gries researches visual rhetoric, circulation studies, research methodologies, new materialism, and the digital humanities. She's the author of the book <a href="http://upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/2703-still-life-with-rhetoric" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Still Life With Rhetoric: A New Materialist Approach for Visual Rhetorics</a>, which won the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s 2016 Advancement of Knowledge Award and 2016 Research Impact Award. Her work has also appeared in the journals <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755461513000613" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Computers and Composition</a>, <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07350198.2011.551497" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rhetoric Review</a>, and <a href="https://www.uc.edu/content/dam/uc/journals/composition-studies/docs/backissues/38-1/38.1%20Gries%20and%20Brooke.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Composition Studies</a>. Most recently, her article <a href="http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/21.2/topoi/gries/index.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">“Visualizing Obama Hope”</a> was published in Kairos.   In this interview, Gries discusses the limits and possibilities of new materialism, the importance of method and methodology in rhetorical studies, and her work developing PikTrack, a software that would allow researchers to track online images and create data visualizations of such images’ trajectories. We also talk about monkeys, chimpanzees, and the difficulty of defining the word “rhetoric.” This episode includes clips from the following: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K8fUkuCOlU" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">"Monkey Gives CPR to Electrocuted Friend"</a> from CNN</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClOMa_GufsA" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">"Wounda's Journey"</a> from the Jane Goodall Institute</li> <li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/home-2001/resonance" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">"Resonance"</a> by HOME</li> </ul>

Monkeying Around with New Materialism: An Interview with Laurie Gries