Welcome to the Cross-Cultural Rhetoric Workshop

1. Welcome to the Cross-Cultural Rhetoric Workshop Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law, Russia  Stanford University, USA Professor Olga Kovbasyuko and Professor Carolyn Ross and their students January 15/16, 2009

2. Focus on Cultural Identities One of 400 captioned drawings from indigenous Andean Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala’s 800-page letter to King Philip III of Spain, The First New Chronicle and Good Government, Cuzco (Peru), 1613. Although Guaman Poma delivered his letter, King Phillip never read it. (From Mary Pratt, “Arts of the Contact Zone,” Profession 91. New York: MLA, 1991. 33-40.)

3. The “contact zone”… I use this term to refer to social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power, such as colonialism, slavery, or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today. - Mary Pratt, from “Arts of the Contact Zone,” Profession 91. New York: MLA, 1991. 33-40.) What makes a “contact zone” encounter positive and productive?

4. Goals of Today’s Workshop: • To get to know students from across the world • To understand diverse cultural communities and identities • To learn how texts (visual/expressive) are situated rhetorically & culturally

5. Model Analysis: Image 1 Cybelle in Japan with male maids

6. Model Analysis: Image 2 Demonstration for Tibet in Dharamsala, India

7. Model Analysis: Image 3 Julia in Rajasthan, India

8. Model Analysis: Image 3 Carolyn’s coffee cup made of ceramic and rubber

9. Your Team’s Task Today • 1. Introduce yourself and your team’s blog • 2. Explain your reasons for your post choices • 3. Share your cultural artifact • Exchange and Answer questions! • After the Video Conference – continue the conversation on the CCR Blog!