The synthetic stage of reading the article began with our interview with Dr. Bazerman and concluded with the creation of this site. The emphasis of the stage is bringing the disparate elements of our exploration together, or synthesizing them, into a cohesive understanding of both the underlying logic of the article and our own developing understanding of the text.
Synthetic (Re)Reading (Ryan)
The re-reading of the text at this stage involved reading the text in light of the information gleaned from the interview;
I now had a working understanding of the circumstances—both of the author and of the time period—in which this work arose, which greatly facilitated my understanding not only of the text, but of what the author decided to leave out of the text;
These re-readings of the text further refined my research and the general topics to discuss with my partner.
Synthetic (Re)Reading (Ryan)