Himley – Writing Programs and Pedagogies in a Globalized Landscape
Himley, Margaret. “Writing Programs and Pedagogies in a Globalized Landscape. WPA: Writing Program Administration 26 (2003): 49-66. H. uses Saskia Sassen’s work to frame globalization as an age of fluid movement of capital, bodies, and culture (49). She uses the SU lower-division writing sequence as a space to consider how curricular reform can explicitly recognize the processes and effects of globalization. H. claims that her work is... Read More
Lu – Living-English Work
Lu, Min-Zhan. “Living-English Work.” College English 68 6 (2006): 605-18. Print. Lu begins by acknowledging that most monolingualist English-only efforts are politically motivated and involve “geopolitical, economic, and cultural transactions” (605). Individuals who hope to use English in monolingualist environments are preoccupied by two questions: “What counts as correct usage in the eyes of those in positions... Read More
Porter – Rhetoric in (as) a Digital Economy
Porter, James E. “Rhetoric in (as) a Digital Economy.” in Rhetorics and Technologies : New Directions in Writing and Communication. Ed. Stuart Selber. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2010. Print. P. begins by noting that the digital economy of Web 2.0 should signal a paradigmatic shift in how we understand writing and rhetoric. Relying on Anderson’s The Long Tail and Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of Crowds, P.... Read More
Kitalong-Will – Analyzing the Interactive Audience: Constructing a Communal Knowledge Base
Kitalong-Will, Ann. “Analyzing the Interactive Audience: Constructing a Communal Knowledge Base.” Resources in Technical Communication: Outcomes and Approaches. Ed. Selfe, Cynthia. Amityville, N.Y.: Baywood, 2007. 179-94. Print. In this article K-W claims that after reading/completing the assignments “Students will understand how audiences interact with businesses within new digital contexts, and how they construct communal... Read More
Johnson-Eilola – Relocating the Value of Work: TC in a Post-Industrial Age
Johnson-Eilola, Johndan. “Relocating the Value of Work: Technical Communication in a Post-Industrial Age.” Central Works in Technical Communication. Eds. Johnson-Eilola, Johndan and Stuart A. Selber. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2005. 175-94. Print. JE begins the essay by noting that the transition to the information economy has provided a real opportunity to technical communicators as they are strategically situated at the intersections of technology,... Read More
