Communication Design Quarterly Sep 2022 Open Access

Citational practices as a site of resistance and radical pedagogy: positioning the multiply marginalized and underrepresented (MMU) scholar database as an infrastructural intervention

Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq Virginia Tech ; Jordan Frith Clemson University

Abstract

Discursive infrastructures are forms of writing that remain mostly invisible but shape higher-level practices built upon their base. This article argues that citational practices are a form of discursive infrastructure that are bases that shape our work. Most importantly, we argue that the infrastructural base built through citation practices is in a moment of breakdown as increasing amounts of people call for more just citational practices that surface multiply marginalized and underrepresented (MMU) scholar voices. Consequently, this article both theorizes citations as infrastructure while also focusing on a case study of the MMU scholar database to help build a more equitable and socially just disciplinary infrastructure.

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Communication Design Quarterly
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2022-09-01
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10.1145/3507870.3507872
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