[Linganth] Summerson Carr in two weeks

[Ilana Gershon]

Dear Colleagues,

Summerson Carr will be talking about her book, Working the Difference in
two weeks --on April 26th.

She has asked us to read chapter 3 and the 3 page prologue for
orientation.  Please read as much as you can, but do feel free to join us
even if you haven't managed to read everything.

The readings can be found here:
Chapter 3:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dKYnP5R5wZw5DBO0arfZjxdeffmlzn6N/view?usp=sharing

Prologue:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UsRGI43iodhX93o2jql70sruPRFz0xsn/view?usp=sharing


PLEASE NOTE:  The reading group meets from 12-1 pm ET
on the last Friday of the month in a semester based US-American academic
calender.


The meeting will be 12-1 pm et on April 26th and can be
reached by clicking on this Zoom link:

  https://iu.zoom.us/j/949202698 <https://iu.zoom.us/j/949202698>

Looking forward to seeing you all virtually,

Ilana

Press blurb:

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a professional practice, a behavioral
therapy, and a self-professed conversation style that encourages clients to
talk themselves into change. Originally developed to treat alcoholics, MI
quickly spread into a variety of professional fields including corrections,
medicine, and sanitation. In Working the Difference, E. Summerson Carr
focuses on the training and dissemination of MI to explore how cultural
forms—and particularly forms of expertise—emerge and spread. The result is
a compelling analysis of the American preoccupations at MI’s core, from
democratic autonomy and freedom of speech to Protestant ethics and American
pragmatism.
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