Title

Examining Methectic Technical Communication in an Urban Planning Comic Book

Department/School

English

Date

2020

Document Type

Article

Keywords

visual rhetoric/visualization techniques, posthuman agency, service learning, research methods, methexis

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2020.1768289

Abstract

Technical communication research has relied heavily on participatory, user-focused strategies as well as "participative", posthuman frameworks. Both research methodologies have various strengths, yet also have been critiqued for underplaying the role of human and non-human agency (respectively) in rhetorical situations. Through an analysis of an urban planning comic book, I suggest that turning to the Greek concept of methexis - or "participation" - may help technical communication researchers bridge posthuman and user-centered investigative approaches.

Volume

29

Issue

3

Published in

Technical Communication Quarterly

Citation/Other Information

Sánchez, Fernando. "Examining Methectic Technical Communication in an Urban Planning Comic Book." Technical Communication Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3, 2020, pp. 287-303, https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2020.1768289.

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