Les Hutchinson

3 articles
Michigan State University
  1. Introduction to the special issue: Rhetorics of data
    doi:10.1016/j.compcom.2021.102658
  2. Data Our Bodies Tell: Towards Critical Feminist Action in Fertility and Period Tracking Applications
    Abstract

    This article situates reproductive applications as an emerging “do-it-yourself” health technology in need of feminist technical communication action. The authors focus on Glow, a fertility and period tracking application, and argue that though this application promises user’s self-empowerment over their reproductive health, individual agency is often reduced. The authors consider how technical communication scholars can intervene in fertility and period tracking applications through a redesign of how consent is obtained when collecting user’s personal health information.

    doi:10.1080/10572252.2019.1607907
  3. Teaching a Critical Digital Literacy of Wearables: A Feminist Surveillance as Care Pedagogy
    doi:10.1016/j.compcom.2018.07.006