Technical Communication Quarterly Jan 2013

Reassembling Technical Communication: A Framework for Studying Multilingual and Multimodal Practices in Global Contexts

Steven Fraiberg Michigan State University

Abstract

Drawing on a case study of an Israeli start-up company, this article maps out a theoretical and methodological framework for linking local multilingual and multimodal literacy practices to wider institutional, cultural, and global contexts. Central to this framework is attention to the linking of tools, texts, and people distributed across space-time. This process foregrounds the complex mediation of activity and the dynamic pathways shaping the ways English is being reassembled in local-global ecologies.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2013-01-01
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2013.735635
Open Access
Closed
Topics
multimodality technical communication multilingual writers

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