Book review: Traditions of Writing Research

Abstract

The editors of Traditions of Writing Research created an eclectic collection of short essays for publishing in the journal Traditions of Writing Research using the contributions from the 2008 conference Writing Across Borders (henceforth WRAB). As a result, I've included the following language from WRAB's initial Call for Papers to further clarify the selection process: " 'This conference brings together the many writing researchers from across the world, drawing on all disciplines and focusing on all elements of writing across the lifespan and across all segments of society,' according to the conference's website. "This will be an opportunity to learn from other research traditions, exchange our findings, identify common agendas, and set the framework for future communication and partnerships," according to the website (http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/wrconf08.html). A guide or anthology would hope to discover articles that fit neatly into pre-existing categories, but the WRAB conference is all about forging new research paths and bridging gaps between previously unrelated ones. Keeping in line with their mission of bridging cultural barriers, this anthology features voices that are rarely heard together. An Argentinean etymological society is one of the 31 organisations that have contributed to this collection of etymological entries. Accordingly, there are no discipline-specific divisions in the book, nor do any of the parts match to specific research approaches or theoretical frameworks. Others report on new research projects that have not yet been published in this book. in this collection of scholarly essays