College Composition and Communication Feb 2022

Performing Data and Visualizing Difference: Developing a Performative Rhetoric of Infographics for the Writing Classroom

Valerie L. Hanson

Abstract

To equip students to analyze and create infographics with a rich understanding of rhetorical dynamics and sensitivity to how difference and equity issues are communicated, I propose a pedagogical approach to infographics drawn from Karen Barad’s concept of performative enactment and describe its implementation in a required writing classroom.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2022-02-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202231875
Open Access
Closed
Topics
race and writing

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