"If You Don't Believe that You're Doing Some Good with the Work that You Do, then You Shouldn't Be Doing It": An Interview with Cindy Selfe.

In this interview, Cindy Selfe talks about the intersections of technological literacy, digital scholarship, poststructuralist theory, and university politics. In doing so, she provides a lens for scholars trying to understand the milieu of the university by viewing its potential in juxtaposition to...

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Published in:Composition Forum Vol. 21; pp. 3 - 4
Main Author: Bailie, Brian
Format: Interview
Published: Composition Forum Spring2010
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Summary:In this interview, Cindy Selfe talks about the intersections of technological literacy, digital scholarship, poststructuralist theory, and university politics. In doing so, she provides a lens for scholars trying to understand the milieu of the university by viewing its potential in juxtaposition to its past; explains how technology redefines the boundary between theory and experiential reality; and recommends a set of simple questions digital scholars can ask themselves when attempting to create localized, sustainable tactics demonstrating their work has the reach and scope of their immediate non-digital peers.