Communication Design Quarterly Jul 2023

Designing Public Identity: Finding Voice in Coalitional Technical Writing with Black-Led Organizations

Carrie Grant ; Dorian Walker

Abstract

This experience report offers an applied example of coalitional communication design, written collaboratively by a white faculty member for a student grant writing program and a Black executive director of a community organization. Highlighting the needs, thought processes, and practical considerations of doing antiracist technical communication work collaboratively from varied identity positions, we detail an ongoing effort to redesign a Black community organization's public voice to honor Black humanity and communal healing. This example spotlights the possibilities of coalitional technical writing that deeply engages with and supports community needs, one way to meet the challenge of TPC's social justice imperative.

Journal
Communication Design Quarterly
Published
2023-07-01
DOI
10.1145/3592356.3592358
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Topics
multimodality technical communication race and writing voice and style

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