Harris's definition of "forwarding" is the act of a writer taking another person's terms, phrases or concepts and applying them to his or her piece. The writer does this forwarding, not only to make his or her work stronger, but also to continue the ever-developing conversation. He also says that this conversation is quite "asymmetrical”. The conversation that he is describing can be appropriately compared to an interview for an audience to then interpret or a game of telephone. Each person in academic writing is passing on the conversation to the next willing person. Harris cites four important aspects of this forwarding: Illustrating, Authorizing, Borrowing, and Extending. Illustrating is trying to encompass the feeling of another piece. Authorizing is drawing from another person's expertise and authority in the field you are discussing. Borrowing is taking another work's term or phrase and applying to your writing. Extending seems to go hand in hand with borrowing: it is the writer's extension he or she places on the term he or she borrowed. In other words extending is the act of bringing a new light to a word already utilized by another writer.
Nicholas Payton, the author of the blog I am following, utilizes forwarding in the post, “#BAM Is For People Of All Races, Sexes, Cultures And Colors”. In this post, he is reiterating his point that the term “jazz” is dead and should not be used anymore to describe music after the 1950s. He opens up with a brief paragraph dismissing “the j-word” as a “racist moniker”. After this scolding, he puts forth several videos of interviews with renowned “jazz” artists (excuse my French) denouncing the very term that people think defines them. After this stream of interviews, he says, “If you don’t [accept] my word for it, please listen to my elders.” This type of forwarding involved all of the four different aspects, but probably the most apparent one is “authorizing”. GREAT JOB NICHOLAS!
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