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Technical Communication for Environmental Action
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Technical Communication for Environmental Action
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Edited by Sean D. Williams
2023
Published by:
State University of New York Press
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SUNY Press Open Access
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This collection engages scholars and practitioners in a conversation about the ways that Technical Communication has contributed to pragmatic and democratic actions to address climate change.
Climate change is one of the most significant challenges facing the global community in the twenty-first century. With its position at the border of people, technology, science, and communication, technical communication has a significant role to play in helping to solve these complex environmental problems. This collection of essays engages scholars and practitioners in a conversation about how the field has contributed to pragmatic and democratic action to address climate change. Compared to most prior work-which offers theoretical perspectives of environmental communication-this collection explores the actual practice of international technical communicators who participate in government projects, corporate processes, nonprofit programs, and international agency work, demonstrating how technical communication theories such as participatory design, social justice, and ethics can help shape pragmatic environmental action.
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Cover
Cover
Cover
Halftitle
p. i
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Halftitle
Halftitle
SUNY series, Studies in Technical Communication
p. ii
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SUNY series, Studies in Technical Communication
SUNY series, Studies in Technical Communication
Title
p. iii
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Title
Title
Title
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Dedication
p. v
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Dedication
Dedication
Contents
pp. vii-x
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Contents
Contents
Contents
List of Illustrations
pp. xi-xvi
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List of Illustrations
List of Illustrations
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
pp. xviii--xix
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Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Sean D. Williams
pp. 1-18
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Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Chapter 1 When the Sound Is Frozen: Extracting Climate Data from Inuit Narratives
Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq
pp. 19-38
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Chapter 1 When the Sound Is Frozen: Extracting Climate Data from Inuit Narratives
Chapter 1 When the Sound Is Frozen: Extracting Climate Data from Inuit Narratives
Chapter 1 When the Sound Is Frozen: Extracting Climate Data from Inuit Narratives
Chapter 2 Boundary Waters: Deliberative Experience Design for Environmental Decision Making
Daniel Card
pp. 39-60
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Chapter 2 Boundary Waters: Deliberative Experience Design for Environmental Decision Making
Chapter 2 Boundary Waters: Deliberative Experience Design for Environmental Decision Making
Chapter 2 Boundary Waters: Deliberative Experience Design for Environmental Decision Making
Chapter 3 In Defense of a Greenspace: Students Discover Agency in the Practice of Community-Engaged Technical Communication
Bob Hyland
pp. 61-94
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Chapter 3 In Defense of a Greenspace: Students Discover Agency in the Practice of Community-Engaged Technical Communication
Chapter 3 In Defense of a Greenspace: Students Discover Agency in the Practice of Community-Engaged Technical Communication
Chapter 3 In Defense of a Greenspace: Students Discover Agency in the Practice of Community-Engaged Technical Communication
Chapter 4 Flood Insurance Rate Maps as Communicative Sites of Pragmatic Environmental Action
Daniel P. Richards
pp. 95-120
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Chapter 4 Flood Insurance Rate Maps as Communicative Sites of Pragmatic Environmental Action
Chapter 4 Flood Insurance Rate Maps as Communicative Sites of Pragmatic Environmental Action
Chapter 4 Flood Insurance Rate Maps as Communicative Sites of Pragmatic Environmental Action
Chapter 5 Collaborating for Clean Air: Virtue Ethics and the Cultivation of Transformational Service-Learning Partnerships
Lauren E. Cagle and Roberta Burnes
pp. 121-146
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Chapter 5 Collaborating for Clean Air: Virtue Ethics and the Cultivation of Transformational Service-Learning Partnerships
Chapter 5 Collaborating for Clean Air: Virtue Ethics and the Cultivation of Transformational Service-Learning Partnerships
Chapter 5 Collaborating for Clean Air: Virtue Ethics and the Cultivation of Transformational Service-Learning Partnerships
Chapter 6 The Narrative of Silent Stakeholders: Reframing Local Environmental Communications to Include Global Human Impacts
Beth Shirley
pp. 147-168
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Chapter 6 The Narrative of Silent Stakeholders: Reframing Local Environmental Communications to Include Global Human Impacts
Chapter 6 The Narrative of Silent Stakeholders: Reframing Local Environmental Communications to Include Global Human Impacts
Chapter 6 The Narrative of Silent Stakeholders: Reframing Local Environmental Communications to Include Global Human Impacts
Chapter 7 Resilient Farmland: The Role of Technical Communicators
Sara B. Parks and Lee S. Tesdell
pp. 169-194
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Chapter 7 Resilient Farmland: The Role of Technical Communicators
Chapter 7 Resilient Farmland: The Role of Technical Communicators
Chapter 7 Resilient Farmland: The Role of Technical Communicators
Chapter 8 Writing for Clients, Writing for Change: Proposals, Persuasion, and Problem Solving in the Technical Writing Classroom
Monika A. Smith
pp. 195-218
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Chapter 8 Writing for Clients, Writing for Change: Proposals, Persuasion, and Problem Solving in the Technical Writing Classroom
Chapter 8 Writing for Clients, Writing for Change: Proposals, Persuasion, and Problem Solving in the Technical Writing Classroom
Chapter 8 Writing for Clients, Writing for Change: Proposals, Persuasion, and Problem Solving in the Technical Writing Classroom
Chapter 9 Health in the Shale Fields: Technical Communication and Environmental Health Risks
Barbara George
pp. 219-244
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Chapter 9 Health in the Shale Fields: Technical Communication and Environmental Health Risks
Chapter 9 Health in the Shale Fields: Technical Communication and Environmental Health Risks
Chapter 9 Health in the Shale Fields: Technical Communication and Environmental Health Risks
Chapter 10 Participatory Policy: Enacting Technical Communication for a Shared Water Future
Josephine Walwema
pp. 245-266
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Chapter 10 Participatory Policy: Enacting Technical Communication for a Shared Water Future
Chapter 10 Participatory Policy: Enacting Technical Communication for a Shared Water Future
Chapter 10 Participatory Policy: Enacting Technical Communication for a Shared Water Future
Chapter 11 Rhino Crash: Teaching Science, Medical, and Environmental Writing for Social Action
Michelle Hall Kells
pp. 267-292
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Chapter 11 Rhino Crash: Teaching Science, Medical, and Environmental Writing for Social Action
Chapter 11 Rhino Crash: Teaching Science, Medical, and Environmental Writing for Social Action
Chapter 11 Rhino Crash: Teaching Science, Medical, and Environmental Writing for Social Action
Epilogue Right Relation with the Whole World: Creating a Richer Polyvocality for Environmental Technical Communication
Caroline Gottschalk Druschke
pp. 293-306
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Epilogue Right Relation with the Whole World: Creating a Richer Polyvocality for Environmental Technical Communication
Epilogue Right Relation with the Whole World: Creating a Richer Polyvocality for Environmental Technical Communication
Epilogue Right Relation with the Whole World: Creating a Richer Polyvocality for Environmental Technical Communication
Contributors
pp. 307-311
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Contributors
Contributors
Contributors
Index
pp. 313-321
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Index
Index
Index
Back Cover
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Back Cover
Back Cover
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438491301
Related ISBN(s)
9781438491288, 9781438491295
DOI
10.1353/book.110885
MARC Record
OCLC
1356009447
Pages
338
Launched on MUSE
2023-03-20
Language
Open Access
Yes
Purchase
2023
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