Technical Communication Quarterly Apr 2022

Exclusionary Public Memory Documents: Orientating Historical Marker Texts within a Technical Communication Framework

April L. O’Brien Sam Houston State University

Abstract

This paper theorizes historical marker texts (HMT) as succinct, public facing informational reports that reinforce white supremacy and minimize or erase the memory of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) individuals. In this layered content and discourse analysis, I evaluate the demographics of the commissioners at the local and state level, the instructions for the HMT application, and the text of a selected group of HMTs.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2022-04-03
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2021.1977851
Open Access
Closed
Topics
technical communication

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