Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Oct 2025 Open Access

Cop City Counternarratives: Security Logics, Sociotechnical Environments, and Marginalized Communities

Natasha N. Jones Michigan State University ; Donnie Johnson Sackey The University of Texas at Austin

Abstract

This article examines how technical communicators, specifically concerned with the overlap between design, community, and security logics, can better understand how certain ideals around security, surveillance and safety can reinforce or resist narratives about state-sponsored protections. We use the public and political controversy surrounding the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center (Cop City) as a backdrop for engaging the questions regarding technical communicators potential for intervening into unjust security logics that impact the environment and marginalized communities.

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Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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2025-10-21
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10.1177/00472816251384907
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