BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13272-e3a229265fca1299d45cc6ab462ed5cd@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260911T172823Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160122T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160122T163000 SUMMARY:Jo Hsu “Exceeding Evidence: Personal Writing as the Negotiation of Ident ity” DESCRIPTION:\nThus far\, most arguments for the inclusion of personal na rrative in academic discourse have emphasized its place within conventio nal\, evidence-based argumentation. Such approaches often risk oversimpl ifying and commodifying lived experiences. Urging a more dynamic concept ualization\, this project considers the sociopolitical effect of persona l writing as an accretive and negotiated process. I examine how Gloria A nzaldúa’s personal writing created opportunities for other marginalized voices to enter mainstream discourses. I then argue that subsequent appl ications of her writing often overemphasize the representative and descr iptive elements\, regarding her work as isolated texts rather than furth ering her project of cultural change. Read as a process of (re)invention \, however\, Anzaldúa’s stories\, engage\, disrupt\, and alter extant co nversations. Her example demands a better understanding of personal narr ative as intellectual “work” outside conventional argumentation. As a pr ocess of negotiation\, personal writing participates not only in individ ual self-understanding\, but in (re)defining the communities that we wou ld like to inhabit.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event /jo-hsu-exceeding-evidence-personal-writing-as-the-negotiation-of-identi ty/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Thus far, most arguments for the inclusion of personal narrative in academic discourse have emphasized its place within conventional, evidence-based argumentat ion. Such approaches often risk oversimplifying and commodifying lived e xperiences. Urging a more dynamic conceptualization, this project consid ers the sociopolitical effect of personal writing as an accretive and ne gotiated process. I examine how Gloria Anzaldúa’s personal writing creat ed opportunities for other marginalized voices to enter mainstream disco urses. I then argue that subsequent applications of her writing often ov eremphasize the representative and descriptive elements, regarding her w ork as isolated texts rather than furthering her project of cultural cha nge. Read as a process of (re)invention, however, Anzaldúa’s stories, en gage, disrupt, and alter extant conversations. Her example demands a bet ter understanding of personal narrative as intellectual “work” outside c onventional argumentation. As a process of negotiation, personal writing participates not only in individual self-understanding, but in (re)defi ning the communities that we would like to inhabit.

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