Technical Communication Quarterly Apr 2023

Working to Resonate: Rhetorical Mapping of Disciplinary Stances about Technology, Risk, and the Brain

Kathryn Lambrecht Arizona State University

Abstract

Our largest multidisciplinary problems outpace disciplinary training designed to reinforce boundaries. Using an interdisciplinary conversation about adolescent brain imaging, I argue that disciplinary stances (interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary) operate like rhetorical stases, helping diagnose where conversations build or diverge among experts. Because what constitutes interdisciplinarity is contested, mapping rhetorical features of each disciplinary stance stabilizes definitional debates by grounding interactions in specific discursive practices and offers technical communicators ways to facilitate and participate in stronger crossdisciplinary communication.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2023-04-03
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10.1080/10572252.2022.2100484
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