KAIRION: TOWARDS A TECHNOLOGY-BASED PEDAGOGY OF SOURCE USE PRACTICE

Andreas Karatsolis
Carnegie Mellon University Qatar
Qatar

Research literature artifacts are not autonomous constructs, but elements of rhetorical processes embedded in specific times and places (Bazerman, 1988; Geisler, 1994; Prior, 1998). Specifically for academic citation practices, Cronin (1984) and Cozzens (1989) argued for a rhetorical perspective of scientific attribution, focusing on the persuasive and performative nature of the practice. This paper reports on the results of textual analyses and discourse-based interviews with 16 researchers from four different disciplines, to argue that source use practices are deeply embedded in rhetorical purpose. Based on this research, the development of a computer-based visualization framework for source use, Kairion, aimed at supporting this understanding of academic practices will be presented.

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