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size=3>Scott,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">My dissertation in 1994 explored
similar connections in American essays written after 1965 with contemporary
architecture. You can look up my diss through Dissertation
Abstracts at U Michigan. It's registered.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">I'm just now getting back to this
topic in my own research program, so I hope some of my suggestions will help you
as well. I have a book chapter coming out next year discussing how architecture
influences the writing process. People seem quite interested these days in
architectonics -- certainly more now than in 1994.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">Here's the best advice I can
offer:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">You'll probably do better looking at
materials drawn from architecture. My first suggestion is to look at Jencks'
<U>The Language of Architecture</U>. You might also want to look at Robert
Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's <U>Learning from Las Vegas</U>. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">Yi-Fu Tuan's set of works may also
be helpful to you. He is/was a geographer, but had a great understanding of the
sense of place and its affect on people. Gaston Bachelard's book (title escapes
me and it's at my campus office) might also be of some help. So too might Gerard
Genette's work.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">From there, you'll find references
listed that will direct your focus.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">Good luck with your dissertation.
I'm glad to see the relationships between architecture and language are finally
being explored in greater depth.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">Best,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">Diane</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Diane Penrod, PhD</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Rowan University</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> TheDiscourseStudiesList on behalf of scott
wilkerson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sat 7/8/2006 7:07 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
DISCOURS@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
Introduction<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Hello Friends,<BR><BR><BR>My name is Scott Wilkerson, and I am
an Assistant Professor of English in<BR>the Department of Humanities at
the Columbus campus of Georgia Military<BR>College. I am writing my dissertation
on certain open questions in Charles<BR>Olson's poetics of spatial
architectonics. I am interested in the<BR>logological space of language and the
relationship between spatial grammar<BR>and the structures of representation. I
eagerly anticipate forming some good<BR>scholarly relationships here, and I
expect I shall also learn quite a lot<BR>from the great minds here
assembled.<BR><BR>Respectfully,<BR><BR>Scott Wilkerson<BR>Humanities Assistant
Professor<BR>Humanities Coordinator<BR>Georgia Military College<BR>Columbus,
Georgia<BR>Research Associate,<BR>Halawaukee Studio for the
Arts<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>>From: Ian Roderick
<iroderick@WLU.CA><BR>>Reply-To: The Discourse Studies List
<DISCOURS@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG><BR>>To:
DISCOURS@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR>>Subject: Introduction<BR>>Date:
Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:51:55 -0400<BR>><BR>>Dear list
members,<BR>><BR>>My name is Ian Roderick and I am an assistant professor
in the<BR>>Communication Studies department at Wilfrid Laurier University in
Waterloo,<BR>>Ontario, Canada.<BR>><BR>>I became quite interested in
CDA and social semiotics during my MA studies<BR>>but slipped away from it
while writing my doctoral dissertation. I have <BR>>recently come to
find myself interested in returning to a more systemic<BR>>form of discourse
analysis in my own research. Presently I am interested in<BR>>representations
of autonomous technologies (robotics, UAVs, intelligent<BR>>agents, etc.)
particularly in a military context but I also have a strong<BR>>interest in
public space and exhibitionary spaces, in particular. I also<BR>>hang out on
the Language of New Capitalism list.<BR>><BR>>As well as an introductory
course on mass communication and another in<BR>>print communication, I teach
a course entitled The Cultural Political<BR>>Economy of the Theme Park and
another I call The Operating System of War.<BR>><BR>>I expect that this is
a quiet time for the list but I hope to contribute<BR>>when and where I
can.<BR>><BR>>best regards,<BR>><BR>>Ian
Roderick<BR></FONT></P></DIV>
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