Technical Communication after the Social Justice Turn: Building Coalitions for Action PDF
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Technical communicaTion afTer The Social JuSTice Turn This is the first scholarly monograph marking the social justice turn in technical and professional communication (TPC). Social justice often draws attention to structural oppression, but to enact social justice as technical communicators, first, we must be able to trace daily practice to the oppressive structures it professionalizes, codifies, and normalizes. Technical Communication After the Social Justice Turn moves readers from conceptual explorations of oppression and justice to a theoretical framework that allows for the concepts to be applied and implemented in a variety of practical contexts. It historicizes the recent social justice turn in TPC scholarship, models a social justice approach to building theories and heuristics, and presents scenarios that illustrate how to develop sustainable practices of activism and social justice. Its commitment to coalition building, inclusivity, and socially just practices of citation and activism will support scholars, teachers, and practitioners not only in understanding how the work of technical communication is often complicit in oppression but also in recognizing, revealing, rejecting, and replacing oppressive practices. Dr. Rebecca Walton is an associate professor of technical communication and rhetoric at Utah State University, USA, and the editor of Technical Commu- nication Quarterly. Her co-authored work has won multiple national awards, including the 2018 CCCC Best Article on Philosophy or Theory of Technical or Scientific Communication, the 2016 and 2017 Nell Ann Pickett Award, and the 2017 STC Distinguished Article Award. Dr. Kristen R. Moore is an associate professor of technical communication in the Departments of Engineering Education and English at the U niversity at Buffalo, USA. Her scholarship has been published in a range of technical communication journals and has been awarded the CCCC Best Article on Philosophy or Theory of Technical or Scientific Communication in 2015 and 2018, the Nell Ann Pickett Award, and the Joenk Award. Dr. Natasha N. Jones is an associate professor at Michigan State University, USA, and the Vice President for the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW). She has published in several journals and been recognized for her scholarship, including with the Nell Ann Pickett Award and a CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Best Article Award in 2014 and 2018. ATTW Book Series in Technical and Professional Communication Tharon Howard, Series Editor Technical Communication After the Social Justice Turn Building Coalitions for Action Rebecca Walton, Kristen R. Moore, and Natasha N. Jones Translation and Localization A Guide for Technical and Professional Communicators Bruce Maylath, and Kirk St.Amant Editing in the Modern Classroom Michael J. Albers and Suzan Flanagan Creating Intelligent Content with Lightweight DITA Carlos Evia Involving the Audience A Rhetorical Perspective on Using Social Media to Improve Websites Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch Rhetorical Work in Emergency Medical Services Communicating in the Unpredictable Workplace Elizabeth L. Angeli Citizenship and Advocacy in Technical Communication Godwin Y. Agboka and Natalia Mateeva Communicating Project Management Benjamin Lauren For additional information on this series please visit www.routledge.com/ ATTW-Series-in-Technical-and-Professional-Communication/book-series/ ATTW, and for information on other Routledge titles visit www.routledge.com. TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION AFTER THE SOCIAL JUSTICE TURN Building Coalitions for Action Rebecca Walton, Kristen R. Moore, and Natasha N. Jones First edition published 2019 by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2019 Taylor & Francis The right of Rebecca Walton, Kristen R. Moore, and Natasha N. Jones to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record has been requested for this book ISBN: 978-0-367-18846-7 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-367-18847-4 (pbk) ISBN: 978-0-429-19874-8 (ebk) Typeset in Minion by codeMantra We dedicate this book to the intersectional coalitions working for justice each and every day—especially the coalitions filled with women of color, doing the often thankless work of setting forward paths of resistance, strength, and change. We see you, and we honor your work. Contents List of Figures and Tables xi Acknowledgments xii Series Introduction by Dr. Tharon W. Howard xvii Foreword by Dr. Miriam F. Williams xix Prologue xxi Introduction 1 seCtion i Laying the Conceptual Groundwork 15 1 Oppression 17 2 Justice 32 seCtion ii strategically Contemplating the 3Ps 61 3 Positionality 63 4 Privilege 83 5 Power 105
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