Critical Power Tools: Technical Communication and Cultural Studies (SUNY series, Studies in Scientific and Technical Communication) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791467759 ISBN 13: 9780791467756

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2006

Synopsis

The first sourcebook for rethinking technical communication theory, practice, pedagogy, and research through a cultural studies lens.

Winner of the 2007 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Award for Best Collection of Essays on Technical and Scientific Communication

The first book to focus on the intersection of cultural studies and technical communication, Critical Power Tools draws on various traditions of cultural studies to develop new or expanded theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical approaches to technical communication. Offered as a sourcebook for the field, the book is organized into three parts. The first section, emphasizing theory building, reconceptualizes key concepts or practices, such as usability, through a cultural studies lens. The second section illustrates alternative research methods through several case studies. The third section offers critical and productive pedagogical approaches, including specific assignments, applicable to both undergraduate and graduate courses.

About this title

About the Author

Bernadette Longo is Assistant Professor of English at Clemson University.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791467759
• ISBN 13: 9780791467756
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 306
• Editor: Scott J. Blake, Wills Katherine V., Longo Bernadette