Instructions for Systemic Change

College Composition and Communication Dec 2009

Marika A. Seigel

Abstract

In the technical communication classroom, the received wisdom is that good instructions should “stay out of the way” of the users’ engagement with technological systems.This article draws on Burke’s concept of perspective by incongruity and on examples of instructions produced during the Women’s Health Movement to demonstrate that sometimes instructions can—and should—take on a more critical, system-disrupting stance.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2009-12-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc20099480
Open Access: Closed
Topics: technical communication

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