Book contents
- Why Writing Still Matters
- Why Writing Still Matters
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Impressions
- Part II Expressions
- 5 Writing: Power and Regulation
- 6 Writing and Knowing
- 7 Writing Narrative
- 8 Writing, Connecting and Organizing
- 9 Writing Futures
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
6 - Writing and Knowing
from Part II - Expressions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2023
Book contents
- Why Writing Still Matters
- Why Writing Still Matters
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Impressions
- Part II Expressions
- 5 Writing: Power and Regulation
- 6 Writing and Knowing
- 7 Writing Narrative
- 8 Writing, Connecting and Organizing
- 9 Writing Futures
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter explores the relationship between writing and knowledge. It shows how writing came to play such an important role in knowledge practices and looks more closely at the idea and definition of academic or scholarly writing. It also considers everyday non-academic knowledge practices. The chapter looks at genre theory and ideas from ‘new rhetoric’ to explore the relationship between writing and knowledge. In some domains the material form of the text is seen as an authority in its own right, and with this in mind, the chapter concludes with an examination of sacred texts.
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- Why Writing Still MattersWritten Communication in Changing Times, pp. 93 - 107Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023