LaFrance, Michelle, authorUtah State University Press, publisher2019-09-302019-09-302019https://hdl.handle.net/10217/198167Includes bibliographical references and index.Reclaims ethnography as a rigorous writing studies research practice, particularly how "work" (a concept defined generously) is co-constituted within writing. The study of work and work processes reveals how institutional discourse, social relations, and norms of professional practice coordinate what people do across time.--Provided by publisher.Introduction: twenty-first-century exigencies: materialist methods for writing studies researchers -- Institutional ethnography: a theory of practice for writing studies researchers -- How work takes shape: tracing the work of a "shared assignment" in a linked gateway -- The annual review as "boss text" and the coordination of writing center work: uncovering disjunctions between local and national discourse -- Mapping information literacy in a first-year English program: social relations, material conditions, and how things happen -- Conclusion: looking up, studying up, standing up notes.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Research -- MethodologyAcademic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Research -- MethodologyWriting centers -- Sociological aspectsUniversities and colleges -- Sociological aspectsTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.