Vol. 6 No. 5 (Spring 2025)

Christin Wright-Taylor

Manager, Writing Services, Wilfrid Laurier University

Vice-President, CWCA/ACCR

Today, the Ephesian agora doesn’t look like much—just an open field with slabs of exposed stone lining the grass. A row of headless columns tacks down the remains of an ancient mosaiced walkway, varied marble tiles wink back colour and light. Beyond those, stoas arch over shaded stalls where merchants sold their goods. To the left, the open market shakes out into a cluster of Junipers, and then the scrubby, rolling Turkish hills. For all its unassuming rocks and grass and marble, there is something striking about the simplicity of the ancient agora. Continue reading “Proximate Chaos: An Agora Model of the Writing Centre” →