Rowan R Mackay
Biographic Data
| ID | 3591802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rowan R Mackay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rowan R |
| FAMILY NAME | Mackay |
| SIGNATURE | MACKAY R R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Testing, stretching, and aligning: Using 'ironic personae' to make sense of complicated issues
Real women: Objectivity versus situatedness in Critical Discourse Studies
This paper discusses the role of objectivity and interpretation within Critical Discourse Studies (CDS), arguing that the recognized and accepted situatedness of scholars has implications that are underplayed – to detrimental effect. Following Latour, and admitting the essential role of interpretation in all science, this paper encourages those working within CDS to engage more explicitly with their own roles as interpreters. Arguing for the impo…
Order, order
Goodish: Integrating integrationism
Multimodal legitimation: Selling Scottish independence
This article introduces a framework for analysing multimodal legitimation. Building upon work on legitimation by Van Leeuwen and Van Dijk, a six-layer framework is proposed. This framework pulls together the main aspects of legitimation – seen as a complex and multifaceted concept and practice – which need to be looked into if we are to fully appreciate its functioning in general or any specific instance of its deployment. Using the proposed fram…
The clichéd juxtapositions and pleasing patterns of political advertising
Willing science – observing nature: Welby and Latour lift the veil
In this paper I concentrate principally upon Welby's paper “Truthfulness in Science and Religion” (1888) and Petrilli's discussion, in chapter Two of her book Signifying and Understanding (2009), of Welby's development “Between religion, science and philosophy: From biblical exegesis to significs.” I present Welby's arguments in the light of Bruno Latour's recent Gifford Lecture series entitled, “Facing Gaia: A new inquiry into Natural Religion” …
Multimodal legitimation: Selling Scottish independence
This article introduces a framework for analysing multimodal legitimation. Building upon work on legitimation by Van Leeuwen and Van Dijk, a six-layer framework is proposed. This framework pulls together the main aspects of legitimation – seen as a complex and multifaceted concept and practice – which need to be looked into if we are to fully appreciate its functioning in general or any specific instance of its deployment. Using the proposed fram…
Goodish: Integrating integrationism
The clichéd juxtapositions and pleasing patterns of political advertising
Testing, stretching, and aligning: Using 'ironic personae' to make sense of complicated issues
Order, order
Willing science – observing nature: Welby and Latour lift the veil
In this paper I concentrate principally upon Welby's paper “Truthfulness in Science and Religion” (1888) and Petrilli's discussion, in chapter Two of her book Signifying and Understanding (2009), of Welby's development “Between religion, science and philosophy: From biblical exegesis to significs.” I present Welby's arguments in the light of Bruno Latour's recent Gifford Lecture series entitled, “Facing Gaia: A new inquiry into Natural Religion” …
The clichéd juxtapositions and pleasing patterns of political advertising
Multimodal legitimation: Selling Scottish independence
This article introduces a framework for analysing multimodal legitimation. Building upon work on legitimation by Van Leeuwen and Van Dijk, a six-layer framework is proposed. This framework pulls together the main aspects of legitimation – seen as a complex and multifaceted concept and practice – which need to be looked into if we are to fully appreciate its functioning in general or any specific instance of its deployment. Using the proposed fram…
Goodish: Integrating integrationism
Real women: Objectivity versus situatedness in Critical Discourse Studies
This paper discusses the role of objectivity and interpretation within Critical Discourse Studies (CDS), arguing that the recognized and accepted situatedness of scholars has implications that are underplayed – to detrimental effect. Following Latour, and admitting the essential role of interpretation in all science, this paper encourages those working within CDS to engage more explicitly with their own roles as interpreters. Arguing for the impo…
Order, order
Testing, stretching, and aligning: Using 'ironic personae' to make sense of complicated issues
Philosophy (7 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (2 works)