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Even when visiting another place, you cannot have a fully unbiased opinion. You need to be aware of your own limitations as an outsider.

An important question to consider: "Who has the right to speak on behalf of anybody?"

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It's important to name your biases before entering someone else's space.
It is also important to go into the space with purpose, not to make judgments.
Entering a place is an ethical decision.
You need to make sure you're representing their (your subject's) voices in your analysis. You're not studying your subject; you're studying with them.
A tip from Professor Clark-Oates: Make a list of your own biases/assumptions. Acknowledging them allows you to push them aside.

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Class Discussion Leader: Strategic Contemplation

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Class Discussion Leader: Strategic Contemplation

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1. What is the benefit of using strategic contemplation?

2. Are there any negative effects?

3. What does visiting the location of your rhetorical situation accomplish for your archival research?

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"Some people excluded from the conversation don't have access to hope. They may not be able to even imagine a better reality."
"Systems of oppression are veiled."
- Remedying these hidden problems requires critical imagination
"Hope doesn't mean the same thing to everyone."
"A paper without critical imagination lacks purpose."

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In Gesa's Reflection in Chapter 5, Gesa speaks of the assumptions she made of Scripps, a prominent name in San Diego. Gesa assumed before learning otherwise that she must have inherited her money from a father or husband. It turns out, she was never married and had earned all of the money she donated.
This demonstrates what knowledge can be gained by organic questions, ones as simple as: "How did Ellen Browning Scripps get enough money to all the donating she did?"

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The Pitfalls with Strategic Contemplation

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The Pitfalls with Strategic Contemplation

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Strategic contemplation is a great way to better frame our thought process however it has some negative effects to look out for:
1) "Too Naive" - sometimes when engaging in strategic contemplation we can separate ourselves so much from what we already know that it disallows us to bring some beneficial experiences into what we are researching.
2) "Conforming too Easy" - similar to being too naive is the problem of accepting what a source may tell us without further research.
3) "Too Attached" - if we marry ourselves to some person or idea too much, the thing we are trying to be unbiased at itself becomes our bias. This can come in many forms, however the most obvious form being that if something contradicts what our source may say, we might not give it any credit even though it deserves it.

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Royster and Kirsch throughout the text remind readers of the role the body plays in research, teaching, analysis, and writing. Kirsch notes regarding the power of embodiment, place, and paying attention, "the invitation to attend to inward and outward journeys as well as lived experience often leads students to passionate, thoughtful, and powerful research and writing" (96). With strategic contemplation we are able to better understand the context of what it is we are researching. It helps us to place ourselves in the correct frame of mind and better ask the question "whats your story" without having a pre-built bias to muddy the waters.

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How to enhance our papers using Critical Imagination

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How to enhance our papers using Critical Imagination

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1). Ask questions!
2). Ask the questions that haven't been answered & why haven't they been answered!
3). Analyze the Unanalyzed!

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The fundamental difference between Imagination and Critical Imagination:

Imagination requires a thoughtful interpretation of what has not been set in motion but wishes to be achieved.

Critical Imagination requires the same elements as imagination but more in the fact that questions arise as more thought goes into the process of critical imagination.

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Class Discussion Leader: Critical Imagination

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Class Discussion Leader: Critical Imagination

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“As Paula Mathieu suggests, to hope, to envision a future requires not only imagination but action: ‘to hope, then, is to look critically at one’s present condition, asses what is missing, and then long for and work for a not-yet reality, a future anticipated’” (73).

“Terrell’s statement offers a vision of a world that does not exist, but she helps us to see not only that it could exist but, more important, that it should” (74).

1.) What is critical imagination v. imagination?

2.) Do you think there can be hope without critical imagination in any movement that wants to progress?

3.) How can we use critical imagination within our own papers?

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Royster & Kirsch Definition of Critical Imagination: 

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Royster & Kirsch Definition of Critical Imagination: 

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We use critical imagination as a tool to engage, as it were, in hypothesizing, in what might be called "educated guessing," as a means for searching methodically..." (71).

"the goal is to look beyond typically anointed assumptions in the field in anticipation of the possibility of seeing something not previously noticed or considered" (72).