Rhetoric Society Quarterly Aug 2024

A Forum on Neurorhetorics: Conscious of the Past, Mindful of the Future

David R. Gruber ; Wendy K. Z. Anderson ; Michelle Gibbons ; Jordynn Jack ; Chris Mays ; Tyler Snelling ; Paige Welsh ; Eli Wilson

Abstract

Fourteen years after the special issue on neuroscience and rhetoric in this journal (Neurorhetorics, vol. 40, no. 5), we turn back and look forward. We assess what has been accomplished in neurorhetorics in that time frame, examine what has changed in rhetorical studies and in the neurosciences, and offer suggestions for future research. Eight contributors detail the importance of neurorhetorics for their work and engage a range of topics. Those include neurodiversity, neuropolicy, neurogastronomy, and interdisciplinary collaborations, among others. Ultimately, the forum points toward the need for more critical cultural approaches in neurorhetorics, more policy discussions, new methodologies, and new philosophies that can stretch beyond the “neuro-” prefix and enroll insights from New Materialisms and Global Rhetorics.

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Rhetoric Society Quarterly
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2024-08-07
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