Marin, Rebecca, Laura, Erin, Robert

Back in the day passwords were displayed in forms of keys that corresponded with their locks.

Our passwords can be connected to memories just like scrapbooks. 

Today we use Facebook as a bridge between Scrapbooks and Passwords. It could be private like a password, or public like a scrapbook.

The two theologists share the opinions that everyday writing is secretive, personal and a way to organize the past and document previous events.

Group Museum of Everyday Writing

1. Lillis vs. Barton

• Lillis: 

           -Writing is ordinary in the fact that it is part of everyday life
           -Everyday writing is "contextless," so attention needs to be paid to the context in order to make meaning of what is being said
           -Writing is ubiquitous

• Barton: 

           -Such writing may at times appear to be mundane and routine. But it is central to how societies operate and to the ways individuals relate to each other and to institutions (7).
          -We look at forms of writing that are incipient and ordinary, often invisible and hardly known, frequently ignored or mistakenly taken for irrelevant (10).



2.

These are examples of letters which are written forms of everyday writing, and can be used in a myriad of ways. They can be used to make sense to one's self, organize life, and communicate between people. Letters show insight into a person's character and can often reveal deeper meaning into someone's life. As both Lillis and Barton explain, everyday writing (especially letters) can be considered mundane and almost invisible, so people often don't pay attention to them. These written and documented forms of everyday writing and ubiquitous and random in our museum, just as everyday writing is. Everyday writing comes in all different forms and shapes relevant to our life.

-Joe Ferrin

-Caitlin Anderson

-Antonella Ferrucho 

-McKenzie Mizell

-Jessica Curatolo

GROUP 2

GROUP 2

Goodman, Becker, Braxton, Ciegil, Gibson

The UNDERGROUND Exhibit

The theme of the exhibit is “Underground.” We chose this because the ideas around the theorists we chose, Edbaur and Urbina, are usually secretive and private.

Passwords and graffiti have a mystery behind them. They have no limits- the creator can do whatever they please with them. Both passwords and graffiti typically are single words. They are also anonymous: graffiti is a public piece of work behind a secret artist and a password is a private form of security behind a username.

Some graffiti is signed with a “street name” that acts as a security behind the creator, kind of like a username does for a person’s real name.

ARTIFACT ONE.

This picture is a piece of graffiti that features the word scheme, however it is spelled incorrectly. This reinforces the limitless that lies with graffiti because there are no rules to it and is a complete freedom of expression.

ARTIFACT TWO.

This is a picture representing a password. Urbina theorizes that passwords are a form of everyday writing due to the every day use and personal/private connection that the keeper of the password has.

ARTIFACT THREE.

This is a picture of graffiti. This shows that graffiti doesn’t just have to be a word, but can be a symbol. It also proves that both passwords and graffiti are forms of expression

Musuem of Everyday Writing

Group Four: Sarah Scerbo, Nick Reid, Katie Curtis, Bethanie Isaac, and John Michel

Two Theorists: Hooks and Gladwell 

Artifact One: The first artifact we choose is a written list that outlines a spring break budget.  We believe that Gladwell would agree that this is everyday writing because it’s systematic, and it represents active thinking because you can refer back to it at any place and any time.  We selected this as one of our artifacts because it is something we can all relate to- spring break and budgeting.  

Artifact Two: The second artifact we choose is a hand drawn blueprint.  We believe Hooks would agree that this is everyday writing because architecture is a way to express the uniqueness of a culture.   In order to draw a blueprint, one must use creativity and imagination.  

Artifact Three:  The third artifact we choose was a drawing of a fan with writing surrounding it.  We picked this because we believe it incorporates the ideas of both Hooks and Gladwell.  It is both organized and imaginative.  There is also a creative aspect as well as a writing aspect.  

Our exhibit is all about expressing imagination in an organized way.  We have empty walls that people can draw and express their ideas on as they walk through the museum.   Some artifacts are more organized, and as you move through the rooms, they become more creative. 

Museum of EW - exhibits & intellectual conversations

-1. Pick 2 theorists
0. Pick 3 artifacts
1. What is your exhibit inside the Museum of Everyday Writing?
2. Curate the artifacts (3 items)

Group 2: Jessica Curatolo, Katherine Curtis, Bethanie Isaac, Laura Serrano, Isabella

Gibson

We believe the 5 major concepts of this course are:

1. The differences between writing in general and everyday writing. The everyday ones appear to be more invisible, mundane, and less acknowledged, but definitely not any less important.

2. Writing shapes our everyday life, and we use writing in a multitude of way on the daily basis. Whether we use textbooks for class or we take sloppy notes written on paper, writing is all around us.

3. Everyday writing should not require much more thought on the conscious level. Our subconscious and our experiences should shape what we write, and that's what makes it everyday writing- it doesn't require a lot of effort or proof reading because it is okay to have mistakes in the writing.

4. Everyday writing comes in many different forms. Some include notes, sticky notes, to-do lists, postcards, and graffiti.

5. As a general rule of thumb, anything mass produced is not considered everyday writing as it is generally edited many times and made perfect before being release to the general public.

Everyday writing has a clear separation between other types of writing and signifying the differences is important.

Collaborative Journal Group 3

Marin Haffner, Sarah Scerbo, McKenzie Mizell, Robert Castle
Mr. Cirio
ENC 1145
4.13.15

Major Concepts

            Throughout the course of this class we have read and discussed many authors and points of view on everyday writing. From Lyons and Lillis to Edbauer. Each one building on the last or creating a new foundation upon which we start a new branch of thought about writing in the common world. Some of us in this group have changed our opinions about writing, and yet others have dug deeper into their beliefs about what makes everyday writing. Our thoughts about writing may have changed, but we all agreed that our thoughts about the class have remained the same throughout. We thought that the major concepts of the class are that writings done by common people contain emotion too, writing is something everyone can do, writing is important, there are many definitions of everyday writing, and because everyday writing is specific to its subject, we are able to understand the situation it was created in. We have seen that writing contains emotion through the inclusion of graffiti as a form of everyday writing. Though the graffiti might just be a gang tagging its turf, inside that tag is the values and emotions that keep that “brotherhood” together. Also, as emotional beings we share our feelings wherever we can, and writing is no exception. Everyday writing is something that anyone who can write is a part of because we all use writing in our lives. We make lists, we write letters, we text and we journal our memories. Everyday writing is important because not only does it have a functional use, like organizing our ideas, but it also has an emotional use, like sharing our thoughts and problems. Writing in a diary everyday is a way for some to unwind, and for others it is a way to put their problems some place other than their brain so that they can escape them for even just a moment. With many different perspectives and fields of study comes many different definitions of everyday writing. These definitions range from only unstructured writing done by a person in their home, to also including doctor’s notes and the U.S. Governments correspondences. Writing is like a picture. When we look at a painting or a photograph we are seeing the event that has occurred. We are able to understand what is going on by what we see. The words that we read on everyday writing texts act the same way. What must the person have been thinking or trying to do? What task was accomplished here? These questions we answer simply by reading the words and picking out the meanings that are in the writing we do every day.