Tactical Approaches to Technical Communication: Reimagining Institutions, Transforming Society (SUNY series, Studies in Technical Communication)

Synopsis

Delves into how individuals tactically exist within communicative systems, carving out spaces for themselves in places they don't necessarily fit.In 1984, Michel de Certeau described the terms "strategies" as how institutions communicate their wants/demands/desires and "tactics" as how individuals navigate these potentially hostile, unwelcoming systems. A little over two decades later, Miles A. Kimball solidified the idea of tactical technical communication, laying the foundations for a new area of inquiry and scholarship. Today, many academics and researchers have imbued the concept of tactical technical communication with their own ideas and perspectives. This essay collection spotlights a meaningful diversity of tactical technical communication scholarship, exploring topics like the feminist punk magazine BIKINI KILL, the phenomenon of copwatching, the usage of fictional narratives in technical writing courses, and the challenges of LBGTQ+ visibility in local libraries. In many ways, the contributors are partaking in their own forms of tactical communication as they carve out spaces for themselves and their ideas within the academic discourse.

Copyright:

2025

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

324 Pages

ISBN-13:

9798855802078

Related ISBNs:

9798855802054, 9798855802061

Publisher:

State University of New York Press

Date of Addition:

06/01/25

Copyrighted By:

SUNY

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Technology, Social Studies, Language Arts, Communication

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Hayley McCullough

Edited by:

Hilary A. Sarat-St. Peter

Edited by:

Miles A. Kimball