Rhetorical Action in Professional Space: Information Architecture as Critical Practice

Michael J. Salvo Purdue University West Lafayette

Abstract

This article focuses on information architecture as a site for developing critical practice for technical communication. Such a focus suggests methods for rhetorical intervention aimed at democratizing the process of technocultural development. As a site of intervention, information architecture invites practitioners and academics to develop plans for action based on the analysis generated in descriptive research, completing the circuit from analysis to informed action.

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Journal of Business and Technical Communication
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2004-01-01
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10.1177/1050651903258129
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