Institutional Critique: A Rhetorical Methodology for Change

College Composition and Communication Jun 2000

Institutional Critique: A Rhetorical Methodology for Change

James E. Porter ; Patricia Sullivan ; Stuart Blythe ; Jeffrey T. Grabill ; Libby Miles

Abstract

We offer institutional critique as an activist methodology for changing institutions. Since institutions are rhetorical entities, rhetoric can be deployed to change them. In its effort to counter oppressive institutional structures, the field of rhetoric and com-position has focused its attention chiefly on the composition classroom, on the de-partment of English, and on disciplinary forms of critique. Our focus shifts the scene of action and argument to professional writing and to public discourse, using spatial methods adapted from postmodern geography and critical theory.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2000-06-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc20001400
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multimodality professional writing multilingual writers public rhetoric

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (2)

Hamill (2026)

“Why Stay?”: Queer Catholic <i>Metanoia</i> …

Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Cox (2024)

Sad Math and the Weight of the Institution: Seeking Remedies for Faculty Long-T…

College English

Cites in this index (0)

No references match articles in this index.

CrossRef global citation count: 48 View in citation network →