Eighteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society

Abstract

In philosophy, object-oriented ontology (“OOO”) centers inanimate objects along with human subjects as having interest, value, and existence. Such a view of “things” can lend itself to the college writing classroom especially in terms of asking students to practice cross disciplinary writing. By anchoring student work on a specific object, the writing classroom can become a place where students explore a range of genres and disciplines while, at the same time, recognizing how these genres and disciplines are tied to one another. By using OOO in the classroom, students have a sense of feeling securely tethered while at the same time stretching their understanding of how and why to write across academic disciplines.