In the article "Memoria Is a Friend of Ours: On the Discourses of Color" by Victor Villanueva, the concept of memoria is introduced. Villanueva explains the connections between memoria and people of color. He explains all of this in the terms of discourse. Memoria utilizes Greek philosophies--logos, ethos, and pathos--in order to give more insight to an author's own identity and background. He ties the discourse with people of color and goes through the struggles and difficulties that come along with it.
Synthesis:
Villanueva's article ties in with all of the other articles we have read about discourse communities. He proves that the conversation is still going on and will not end any time soon. It is clear that there are many different views and subtopics that can be related to the main topic of discourse communities. All of these articles have been helping me learn and expand on the third project.
Personal Response:
I thought this article was kind of confusing. The way it was written made it hard to follow along with. Villanueva added a bunch of stories and random excerpts and he did not really have an introduction. It was hard to figure out what his exact points were. It was interesting, however, to get another point of view to add to the conversation on discourse communities.
Questions for Discussion and Journaling:
7. Villanueva's primary discourse is his private, personal life. His secondary discourse is his academic life, which is much more public. I think that Villanueva's ideas were more complex than Gee's because they were more difficult to understand. It was hard to see how exactly he was tying color to his concept of memoria. Gee's was much more straightforward.
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