Q-Rhetoric and Controlled Equivocation: Revising “The Scientific Study of Subjectivity” for Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration

Caroline Gottschalk Druschke University of Wisconsin–Madison ; Eric G. Booth University of Wisconsin–Madison ; Emma Lundberg University of Wisconsin–Madison

Abstract

This article offers a revision to an existing social science methodology, Q methodology, through “Q-Rhetoric.” After detailing Q methodology’s theoretical underpinnings and practical method, and persistent critiques of the methodology, the article employs perspectives from rhetorical theory and Amerindian anthropology to suggest a methodological correction. It concludes by detailing the use of Q-Rhetoric to intervene in a Wisconsin stream management controversy, proposing Q-Rhetoric as a pragmatic and theoretically sound methodology for working across disciplinary divides.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2019-04-03
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10.1080/10572252.2019.1583377
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