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\"\"The Faculty Development Center (FDC) invites faculty and academic staff to join our Fall reading circle led by Paige Dhyne on\u00a0Rhetorical Listening in Action: A Concept-Tactic Approach<\/em>\u00a0by Krista Ratcliffe & Kyle Jensen.<\/p>\n

In our polarized political landscape that is bipartisan America, the term \u201crhetoric\u201d has morphed from referring to the art of dialectic, logical argumentation and persuasion into a weaponized buzzword or dog whistle for the \u201cright\u201d or \u201cleft.\u201d When used as the latter, we find that rhetorical messaging causes real damage in our communities, sometimes through inaudible and\/or invisible methods to known by the best listeners. So how do we make the inaudible audible and daub salve on the deep wounds that words inflict in a way that is productive? It\u2019s often said that we should listen to listen and not listen to respond, but Ratcliffe and \u200bJensen challenge this: productive listeners do listen to respond, but only because they know that true listening requires a person to see, hear, and interpret the other\u2019s perspective first and in comparison to their own beliefs second. Through use of heuristics and contemporary examples of race, ethics, gender, socioeconomics, systemic corruption, and politics, Ratcliffe and \u200bJensen expanded Ratcliffe’s 1999 article\u00a0“Rhetorical Listening: A Trope for Interpretive Invention and a \u2018Code of Cross-Cultural Conduct\u2019\u201d<\/a>\u00a0into a book length work that reasserts that listening is a critical component of any rhetorical action.\u00a0Rhetorical Listening in Action: A Concept-Tactic Approach<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is not just an essential read for those of us who learn, lecture, teach, and participate in higher education, it\u2019s an essential call to action; we all have something to learn when it relates to being a better listener and communicator, especially when we want to create meaningful, rhetorical change across difference.<\/div>\n

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Those who participated in The Dialogic Classroom<\/em>, reading circle, teach intergroup dialog, or are just plain curious about how listening is just as important as reading\/writing\/speaking in rhetorical situations will find this fall reading circle a transformative experience. We will engage in reflective reading discussion, but also applied listening exercises as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Our reading circle will convene on the following dates\/times:<\/div>\n
Thursday afternoons 3:00-4:15 p.m.<\/b><\/div>\n
October 1, October 8, October 22<\/b>
\nRoom Location: Duke Library, Room 043<\/div>\n
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Register soon<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> for this opportunity, as space is limited to 12 participants (copies of the book will be provided).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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