Abstract
In her poem “To be of Use,” Marge Piercy (1982) reminds us of the power of intrinsic motivation. Different people have unique pathways to community engagement: Some prefer individual efforts, others like to get engaged as part of group, and still others thrive upon connecting those who typically would not collaborate. Piercy reminds us that:
The work of the world is common as mud
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
These difficult-to-measure internal motivators causing humans to put the needs of others in front of their own, as well as various external motivators, are worth exploring as related to faculty involvement in civic engagement activity.
The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.
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Blissman, B. (2013). Wisdom from the Garden: Exploring Faculty Transformation. In: Hoy, A., Johnson, M. (eds) Deepening Community Engagement in Higher Education. Community Engagement in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137315984_12
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