Introduction to Finding a Place in America: A Collaborative ConversationAbout the Intertextual CollaborationAs part of the The NEH project on the National Conversation on American Pluralism and Identity and in partnership with the Pima County Adult Education and the University of Arizona, the Intertextual Collaboration Project has produced 12 texts on themes that address community, family and education issues and provide a context for intergroup dialogue and cross-cultural communication. The purpose of this process is to allow people from different backgrounds to work together in a sustained exploration of common themes. Through the Intertextual Collaboration we put our thinking and our understanding of others through continuous revision and create a place where every voice is heard and valued.
To learn more detail about how the Intertextual Collaboration Process works, read Sandra Darlene Sheela-Florence's description.
The Texts
The following texts were all produced to appear in a similar format. The original cover of the text provides a link to a table of contents outlining each section heading and author. The reader can also click through each text page by page.
Finding a Place in America: A Collaborative Conversation on Age, Generations and Parenting.
Sandra Florence and Debbie Schneider. 1996Finding a Place in America: A Collaborative Conversation on Art In America.
Sandra Florence and Diza Sauers. 1996.Finding a Place in America: A Collaborative Conversation on Children.
Sandra Florence and Peggy Erhardt-Gray. 1996.Finding a Place in America: A Collaborative Conversation on Community.
Sandra Florence and Kathy Budway. 1995.Finding a Place in America: A Collaborative Conversation on Community Identity.
Sandra Florence and Mary MacKenzie. 1997.Finding a Place in America: A Collaborative Conversation on Education.(Part 1)
Sandra Florence and Ty Bouldin. 1996.Finding a Place in America: A Collaborative Conversation on Education. (Part 2).
Sandra Florence and John Bormanis and Leticia Pacheco. 1996.Finding a Place in America: A Collaborative Conversation on Family.
Sandra Florence and Peggy Erhardt-Gray.Buscando un Lugar en America: Grupo de Conversacion Bilingue sobre Lar Familia.
Sandra Florence and Kathy Budway. 1997.Finding a Place in America: A Collaborative Conversation Community Leaders on Literacy
Sandra Florence, Jessica Dilworth and Cynthia Meier. 1998Finding a Place in America: A Collaborative Conversation on Spirituality.
Sandra Florence and Mary Kae MacKensie. 1996.Finding a Place in America: A Collaborative Conversation on Work.
Sandra Florence and Cynthia Meier. 1996.Other Texts and Information
An additional text produced via the Intertextual Collaboration process is Fieldnotes from a Neighborhood: A Portrait of the San Pedro Chapel. This conversation took place in 1998-99 as part of the Tucson's Writers' Project at the Tucson-Pima Public Library.
NOTES on creation of electronic texts: When creating the electronic version of these texts, we tried to be as faithful as possible to the original. Any spelling errors or other grammatical idiosyncrasies are true to the originals. The scanned versions of the texts that are represented here were produced using Adobe Photoshop software for the images, and Omnipage Pro software for the scanning and OCR (optical character recognition) processing of the text. For more information on scanning technology and procedures is available through the Southwest EText Center at http://www.library.arizona.edu/swetc/scan.html.
For information on the Intertextual Collaboration, contact Sandra Florence at sandraf@u.arizona.edu and for information on this web site and scanning of texts, contact Garry Forger at gforger@u.arizona.edu or 520-626-7761
Copyright for all texts held by The University of Arizona and Pima County Adult Education.
For permissions or more information contact Sandra Florence at sandraf@u.arizona.edu.