How A Curriculum Might Be Seen As The Result of More Than Strictly Disciplinary Interests?

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Even prior to publishing a second edition, the book was a curricular success for the Writing Program. The book did more than "exchange" one text for another. It reframed the relationship of students to their writing about community, as well as the Writing Program's relationship to "community."

Through the Glassville book, Wholesale Jewelry the disciplinary interests of English studies were placed in a material dialogue with the immediate context in which issues of urban literacy and community development occurred. The book also demonstrated how the work of students could not be seen as separate from the neighboring area surrounding the campus.

For this reason, the Glassville Memories began to model how a curriculum might be seen as the result of more than just strictly disciplinary interests. It offered a different model of how a curriculum could interact with a community, and it articulated the responsibilities of students working in that community.

Soon after the community protest meeting, discussions began on how to produce a second edition of the book. This was not an easy or contention-free process, because many community members simply would not believe that such a big institution could change its pattern of behavior. Throughout the book project (and the plans for the second edition), the residents had talked about the example of Federal Express.

Prior to our collaboration, the company had agreed to build a plant right next to the neighborhood and to hire residents to work there. The residents saw it as an opportunity to revitalize the neighborhood. For reasons that are still hotly debated, Federal Express hired individuals who were primarily from outside the community.

Residents constantly Cartier Jewelry invoked this incident as a precedent for the Press's complicated relationship with the community. The process of talking to residents while developing the composition course, however, began to create some trust between the neighborhood association and New City Community Press.

In talking to the president of the association and other community members, I was able to invoke this student work to show how, despite the controversy, the book was still a useful tool to teach students about race and community/university partnerships.

Particularly important in this process was the student work critiquing the university's behavior in the production of the first edition. This demonstrated that the community concerns were being heard and validated. As a result, a belief in the collective ownership of the revision process gained some traction, especially because it led to discussions about equalizing power and sharing among partners.

In this context, a new model emerged, which placed all participants on a common plane for decision making and mandated common access to the "means of production."

And, although a full consideration of the category termed "intellectual" is not the work of this essay, it is useful to briefly note Gramsci's insight: "All men are intellectuals, one could therefore say: but not all men have in society the function of intellectuals". As the parties moved forward in the revision process, each began to take on intellectual responsibilities that had formerly been accorded to the students and faculty alone.

Initially, sharing decisions and opening up the means of production meant a new focus on revising the aesthetic and framing aspects of the publication (the cover, the introduction, etc.). For instance, the neighborhood association, the involved professors, and I agreed that the second edition should be jointly designed and approved by representatives from the community and university participants.

In response, new covers were designed, featuring a neighborhood scene on the front and a picture of an interracial friendship on the back. Individual pages were also redesigned and organized to meet the residents' vision. The title page was changed to include the neighborhood association as one of the primary editors, and an introduction by the association president was added.