Technical Communication Quarterly Oct 2005

From Environmental Rhetoric to Ecocomposition and Ecopoetics: Finding a Place for Professional Communication

M. Jimmie Killingsworth

Abstract

This essay sketches a theoretical rationale for a revived pedagogy and research program in environmental studies within the field of professional communication. The first wave of such studies drew upon themes established by environmental rhetoric and ecocriticism within the Cold War context of political environmentalism. The second wave might well look to ecocomposition and ecopoetics in developing a new kind of ecologically sensitive workplace study and a renewed interest in the language of space and place and the concepts of local and global in teaching and research.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2005-10-01
DOI
10.1207/s15427625tcq1404_1
Open Access
Closed
Topics
professional writing

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