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.
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.