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Technical Communication for Environmental Action.

This collection engages scholars and practicioners in a conversation about the ways that Technical Communication has contributed to pragmatic and democratic actions to address climate change.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Sean D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2023.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:SUNY Series, Studies in Technical Communication Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Interacting with This Collection
  • Diverse Voices
  • Narrative Methods
  • Policy and Process
  • Pedagogy
  • Chapter Summaries
  • References
  • Chapter 1 When the Sound Is Frozen: Extracting Climate Data from Inuit Narratives
  • References
  • Chapter 2 Boundary Waters: Deliberative Experience Design for Environmental Decision Making
  • TC as Advocate for Access
  • Situating Environmental Review of the TMP
  • The EIS as an Occasion for Political Dialogue
  • Toward Environmental Justice in the TMP Review
  • Recent Examples of Superficial Inclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
  • Chapter 3 In Defense of a Greenspace: Students Discover Agency in the Practice of Community-Engaged Technical Communication
  • Our Ground: A Brief Review of Relevant Scholarship in Technical and Professional Communication
  • Community-Engaged and Service-Learning Pedagogy in Technical Communication
  • Student Identity Formation in Technical Communication
  • Advocacy in Technical Communication
  • Agency in Technical Communication
  • Our Scene: An "Urban Oasis" under Perpetual Threat of Development
  • Our Action: Leveraging Technical Communication and Service for Environmental Action
  • Fall 2018
  • Spring 2019
  • Fall 2019
  • Implications
  • Permissions
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Flood Insurance Rate Maps as Communicative Sites of Pragmatic Environmental Action
  • The Dialogic Nature of Flood Insurance Rate Maps
  • Project Exigence
  • Project Design
  • The Coding
  • The Communication
  • Conclusion: A Field-Based Assessment of Flood Insurance
  • Cartographical Rhetorics
  • Environmental Plain Language
  • Zoning Regulations and Environmental Justice
  • Risk Literacy and Community Engagement
  • References.
  • Chapter 5 Collaborating for Clean Air: Virtue Ethics and the Cultivation of Transformational Service-Learning Partnerships
  • Introduction
  • The Story of Our Collaboration
  • Theorizing Our Partnership
  • What Are We Doing? Transformational Relationships and the Coproduction of Knowledge
  • How Do We Do This? Virtue Ethics as a Foundation for Relationship Building
  • Building Participatory Action-Oriented Teaching Partnerships
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 6 The Narrative of Silent Stakeholders: Reframing Local Environmental Communications to Include Global Human Impacts
  • Societal Teleconnections and Environmental Communication
  • A Moroccan Women's Association: A Case Study
  • Interview Methods
  • Limitations
  • Findings: Incorporating the Narratives
  • Goals of the Association
  • Impacts of Climate Change on the Association's Activities
  • Discussion
  • Technical Communication's Global Stakeholder Responsibility
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 7 Resilient Farmland: The Role of Technical Communicators
  • Knowing a Place to Understand a Case
  • Rhetorical Network for Technical Communication in Agriculture
  • Common Genres of Technical Communication in US Midwest Agriculture
  • The Agriculture Field Day
  • Maps
  • Failed Action: The Des Moines Water Works Case
  • Background to the Lawsuit
  • Why the Lawsuit Matters
  • The Technical Communication of the Des Moines Water Works Case
  • Successful Action: The Prairie STRIPS Case
  • Background to Prairie STRIPS
  • Why the Program Matters
  • The Technical Communication of the STRIPS Project
  • Persuasion strategies
  • Appeal of the STRIPS program
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 8 Writing for Clients, Writing for Change: Proposals, Persuasion, and Problem Solving in the Technical Writing Classroom
  • Technical Writing Requirements and Pedagogies.
  • Stepping toward a Real-World Sustainability Project
  • The Consulting Process: Clients and Students
  • Step 1: Negotiate with Clients
  • Step 2: Clarify the Nature and Scope of the Project
  • Step 3: Negotiate with Students
  • Focusing on Sustainability: Technical Communication Outcomes
  • Outcome 1: Audience-Centered Writing
  • Outcome 2: Enhanced Motivation in the Technical Writing Classroom
  • Outcome 3: Team Cohesion and Communication
  • Outcome 4: Cross-Disciplinary Enrichment
  • Outcome 5: Writing for Change
  • Lessons Learned: Stories, Observations, and Reflections
  • References
  • Chapter 9 Health in the Shale Fields: Technical Communication and Environmental Health Risks
  • Literature Review
  • Contextualizing Place: Southwestern Pennsylvania- Past and Current Environmental Policy
  • Methods
  • Sample Analytical Patterns
  • Findings and Analysis
  • Restrictive Discourse: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
  • Stasis Level of Fact
  • Stasis Levels of Definition, Value, and Jurisdiction
  • Restrictive Discourse: Pennsylvania Department of Health
  • Stasis Level of Fact
  • Stasis Level of Definition
  • Stasis Levels of Value and Jurisdiction
  • Encouraging Discourse: Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project
  • Stasis Level of Fact
  • Stasis Level of Definition
  • Stasis Levels of Value and Jurisdiction
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
  • Chapter 10 Participatory Policy: Enacting Technical Communication for a Shared Water Future
  • Background
  • Theoretical Framework
  • Method
  • Selection of the Texts
  • Analysis
  • Structure, Discourse, and Genre of Texts
  • The Content
  • Emerging Narrative
  • Implications
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 11 Rhino Crash: Teaching Science, Medical, and Environmental Writing for Social Action
  • Part 1: The Power of Positivity
  • Part 2: The Problem.
  • Part 3: Praxis-Engaging Theory through Practice
  • Part 4: The Project
  • Part 5: The Principles-Appreciative Inquiry
  • Part 6: The Process
  • Part 7: The Partnerships
  • Part 8: The Public Imagination
  • Part 9: The Products
  • Part 10: The Possibilities
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Epilogue Right Relation with the Whole World: Creating a Richer Polyvocality for Environmental Technical Communication
  • Innovative Process
  • Scalar Connection
  • Improvised Action
  • Right Relation
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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