Technical Communication Quarterly Jun 1994

A feminist perspective on technical communicative action: Exploring how alternative worldviews affect environmental remediation efforts

Susan Mallon Ross

Abstract

Because technical communicators are expected increasingly to participate in environmental communication, technical communication practitioners, researchers, and teachers should be aware of current practices in public environmental debate and related reform movements. This essay uses a controversial case in which a Mohawk community clashes with the Environmental Protection Agency 1) to explore how alternative worldviews affect environmental remediation efforts; and 2) to serve as a template for the development of a feminist perspective on how communicative practices in environmental policy making should be reformed.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
1994-06-01
DOI
10.1080/10572259409364575
Open Access
Closed
Topics
affect and writing

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Also cites 5 works outside this index ↓
  1. 10.1037/0022-3514.36.3.286
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  2. 10.1177/105065198800200201
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  3. 10.1109/47.108672
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