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In this Blog post I'll be giving a report on how my interview(s) went!
At this point I have only done one but I will report on the second interview when I have done it.
Interview 1 Interview 2
Becky Black (BB): Janelle Krause (JK):
1. What are the most significant or interesting genres that you learned about from your interviewees? Please identify at least THREE specific genres from your discipline/field of study that your interview subjects discussed writing within.
BB: Lesson Plans, Art History Articles for Publication, Gallery Reviews
JK: Lesson Plans, Blog posts, Journal Entries
2. How do these genres differ from one another? Think about things like genre convention, content, purpose, audience, message, and context as you describe these differences.
BB: Lesson Plans/Powerpoint slides are purely used for teaching. They are used as a mix of writing and visual art to give the students the information they need to learn and be successful in Mrs. Black's classes. The articles written for publication surprised me because I've always thought of "published articles" being a very analytical thing and art is not analytical. Mrs. Black said that just like any other profession getting published in art is a big deal. Gallery reviews are just that, usually written for the Gallery owner a review lets them know what they should fix or could do better to increase viewing pleasure.
JK: Lesson plans are directed at a cohort of students. The students she writes plans for are often completely oblivious to the artistic concepts she is introducing so the plans need to be very informational and contain a lot of specific information. Blogs are much different, Janelle says she blogs mostly for herself. She puts it online so others can see it if they are interested but she says the writing she does is mostly for herself. Journaling is all for her. It is not public and she uses it simply to gather her ideas together for herself.
JK: Lesson plans are directed at a cohort of students. The students she writes plans for are often completely oblivious to the artistic concepts she is introducing so the plans need to be very informational and contain a lot of specific information. Blogs are much different, Janelle says she blogs mostly for herself. She puts it online so others can see it if they are interested but she says the writing she does is mostly for herself. Journaling is all for her. It is not public and she uses it simply to gather her ideas together for herself.
3. Based on the information you gathered in your interviews, what is challenging and/or difficult about writing within these genres (from a professional's point of view)?
BB: Mrs. Black said that she deals with the same writing issues as any other writer but her main issue is writers block. She said that when writing any of the above genres her main struggle is with determining what to say next.
JK: Putting ideas on paper. As a studio artist Janelle struggles with getting all of her ideas and thoughts on paper in a cohesive way. She struggles with getting her hands to agree with her brain. She also, because the majority of her writing is personal, struggles with writing formally.
JK: Putting ideas on paper. As a studio artist Janelle struggles with getting all of her ideas and thoughts on paper in a cohesive way. She struggles with getting her hands to agree with her brain. She also, because the majority of her writing is personal, struggles with writing formally.
4. Based on the information you gathered in your interviews, what is exciting and/or rewarding about writing within these genres (from a professional's point of view)?
BB: Mrs. Black loves writing articles and blog posts about her graduate work/dissertation. She said the most exciting part is writing about something you're passionate about and having others respond favorably.
JK: Janelle says the most satisfying portion is being done. She loves looking back at jumbled notes and ideas and being able to see where that jumbled info led and where it was able to take her despite the messiness.
5. Where in mass media - popular, academic, and/or social - can examples of this genre be found? If genre examples cannot be found within mass media easily, where can genre examples be found/located?
BB: I have not been able to find any examples of Mrs. Black's work but her articles can be found in the respective journals they have been posted in. I have emailed her to see if I can access some of those! Will update this post when she responds.
Here is a link to her info (she emailed me back)
JK: Janelle posts blogs infrequently but that is the only public form of writing she has because everything is meant to be just for her. However if you are in one of Janelle's classes you will also see her lesson plans, they just do not happen to be online.
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