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The task, then, is to transfer the DJ method to the computer
classroom, where hypertextual interlinking allows the method
to take place. Pedagogical enthusiasm for hypertext often
remains unable to conceptualize the collection
methodology
(how to assemble content) and juxtaposition-styled practice
(how to interlink disparate ideas and personal insight)
academic hypertextual writing can create. Instead,
focus tends to remain on non-linearity (allow various
narratological approaches to be developed), extended
annotation (complex bibliographies which use links for commentary)
or professional writing (how to design a company website or
put a resume online). DJ writing, then, alters this
perception by asking composition studies to teach the mix.
Because of its familiarity (most students know about
hip hop even if their tastes drift elsewhere) and similarity to
hypertextual composition (juxtaposition and linking),
I propose the DJ method as the beginning for student
work in a new composition studies program that appends
to our traditional teaching this new media practice.
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