Conflict Writing

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Introduces foundational problems of responding to conflict. How do/can/should communities handle disagreement, discord, and disharmony? Course readings will come primarily from rhetoricians, though the course may also draw from other disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, religious studies, sociology, and literature. The work of the course is not primarily interpretive (writing papers about rhetorical situations), but rather inventive (interventions, through writing and other media, into rhetorical situations).