[Xmca-l] Re: Sorry I'm late!

[Greg Mcverry]

Masha,

Thank you for joining the conversation. I totally missed the metaphor of
trajectories but love what you wrote:

* deeply committed to imagining the future and the now of students. What
Poppa Joe and Mama C are able to do is historicize their lives and literate
trajectories and frame them in ways that their students can view the
process of becoming writers, readers, thinkers, and doers as just that...A
PROCESS.*

The movement across the time and space is essential to the understanding. I
focused on the community that Mama C and Poppa Joe created and compared
this to the informal learning spaces you studied.....

Basically missing the central thesis. These communities were anchored in a
shared trajectory celebrated in the black aesthetic.

I am seeing this trajectory take off in the social media spaces I study and
play in.

I just had a conversation on Twitter last night about grammar conventions
such as *side wink* that evolved on black Twitter. When I watch what
happens on #BlackEdu (originally #BlackEd but had to change because
#blacked had a different vibe and was already used on Black Twitter) or
#HipHopEd I am inspired to see the trajectory evolve.

Greg


On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:15 AM Larry Purss <lpscholar2@gmail.com> wrote:

> ignore this last email. email addresses got crossed
> Larry
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Lplarry <lpscholar2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Maisha we are on mayne most Thursdays Fridays, and Saturdays. Is there a
> > time available for a site visit?
> > ------------------------------
> > From: Maisha Winn <mtwinn@wisc.edu>
> > Sent: ‎2015-‎04-‎01 3:09 PM
> > To: xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu
> > Subject: [Xmca-l]  Sorry I'm late!
> >
> > Hi everyone,I am enjoying reading the thread of discussion and I
> apologize
> > for getting back to you (see message I tried to post!). Just gave a talk
> at
> > PennGSE and have more meetings but I will be back!
> >
> >
> > Thank you so much for engaging this work.
> >
> >
> > Warmly,
> > Maisha
> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Maisha Winn <mtwinn@wisc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Mike,I am THRILLED to see this thread of discussion before I catch
> my
> > flight. Thank you for sending it my way while we work out my technical
> > difficulties.
> > > To build on the conversation I wish to submit that I, too, have
> grappled
> > with whether or not Poppa Joe and Mama C are "exceptional" (thus, making
> it
> > difficult for educators across contexts to see the work they do as
> > possible). When I published Writing in Rhythm I heard from may people
> that
> > perhaps only Poppa Joe can do what he does. However, I don't think this
> is
> > the case. Power Writing is a worldview deeply committed to imagining the
> > future and the now of students. What Poppa Joe and Mama C are able to do
> is
> > historicize their lives and literate trajectories and frame them in ways
> > that their students can view the process of becoming writers, readers,
> > thinkers, and doers as just that...A PROCESS....one that continues well
> > into adulthood. Yes, the word "trajectories" was purposeful. Movement is
> > key here. I agree that "shattering" is probably not the right way to
> > characterize this work. However, "joyful belonging," sounds just right!
> > > Thank you for engaging this work. I am eager to hear more.
> > > Warmly,
> > > Maisha
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Maisha T. Winn, Ph.D.
> > Susan J. Cellmer Chair in English Education
> > Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Languages & Literacies
> > University of Wisconsin, Madison- School of Education
> > 225 N. Mills Street, Suite 574B
> > Madison, WI 53706
> >
> >
> > See Professor Winn's "Toward a Restorative English Education"
> > http://dm.education.wisc.edu/mtwinn/intellcont/Winn_RTE13-1.pdf
> >
> >
>