College Composition and Communication Dec 2011

Ecological, Pedagogical, Public Rhetoric

Nathaniel A. Rivers ; Ryan P. Weber

Abstract

Public rhetoric pedagogy can benefit from an ecological perspective that sees change as advocated not through a single document but through multiple mundane and monumental texts. This article summarizes various approaches to rhetorical ecology, offers an ecological read of the Montgomery bus boycotts, and concludes with pedagogical insights on a first-year composition project emphasizing rhetorical ecologies.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2011-12-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201118389
Open Access
Closed
Topics
first-year composition public rhetoric

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