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William J. & Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series

“The Target Shoots First: Selling and Selling Out for the Columbia House Record Club” by Dr. Chris M

Much of the work we do in technical and professional writing classrooms is an effort to bridge gaps between workplace and academic discourses. In this presentation, I’ll demonstrate one of the ways I do that work in my professional writing classes by way of a fairly obscure documentary titled The Target Shoots First. This first-person documentary, directed by and featuring Chris Wilcha, focuses on Wilcha’s first year designing catalogues for the (now-defunct) Columbia House Record Club during the early-mid 1990s. The Target Shoots First is an autobiographical look at selling and selling out for the Columbia House Record Club that offers students a uniquely candid view into how writing mediates and structures professional organizations and identities. The documentary also functions as a fascinating artifact from a pivotal time when digital technologies began to fundamentally change how people collaborate.

When

Past occurrences (1)

  • 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, 2018

Where

104 Wimberly Hall

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University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 104 Wimberly Hall

Contact

For questions about this event or to request disability accommodations , contact Cullen Oldenburg at 608.785.8295 or coldenburg@uwlax.edu.

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