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The Possibilities of Uncertainty: Digital Archives as Cunning Texts in a First-Year Composition Curriculum
- Pedagogy
- Duke University Press
- Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2020
- pp. 141-148
- Article
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Abstract:
This article describes the rationale, development, and implementation of a digital archival curriculum within the first-year composition program at Oklahoma State University. Such a curriculum helps students engage genuine inquiry to discover arguments rather than defend their existing beliefs. Analytic complexity and hidden information are offered as potential sources of uncertainty.