Technical Communication Quarterly Jan 2006

Culture and Cultural Identity in Intercultural Technical Communication

R. Peter Hunsinger

Abstract

Abstract Drawing from the critical cultural theory of Arjun Appadurai, this article interrogates the concept of culture underpinning much intercultural technical communication research. Appadurai suggested that intertextual connections between the cultural and the economic, political, demographic, and historical aspects of the globalizing world are essential for understanding cross-cultural communication. The cultural theory offered in this article opens the way for further cultural studies research to be of use in intercultural technical communication theory, research, and pedagogy.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2006-01-01
DOI
10.1207/s15427625tcq1501_4
Open Access
Closed
Topics
technical communication

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