Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Aug 2022 Open Access

Scalar Transactions and Ethical Actions in TPC

Kerry Banazek ; Rabiatu Mohammed ; Kellie Sharp-Hoskins ; Kavita Surya ; Akram Zouaoui

Abstract

In this collaboratively composed article, we both theorize and dramatize the act of paying attention to scalar dynamics. In particular, we draw on the concept of transacting scales in order to complicate how “ethics” materialize in technical and professional communication (TPC). Because ethics materialize in relation to particular contexts and events, in the second half of this article, we show affordances of our approach for TPC through case studies animated by personal stories. We hope this will encourage readers to stay attuned to the particularities of embodied experiences as we theorize with unwieldy complex systems. Our cases speak to international student enrollment, matriculation, and retention in TPC programs and also general education TPC pedagogy.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2022-08-16
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10.59236/rjv22i1pp132-165
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