6:4: Diverse Technical Communication
Up one levelAn issue focusing on the issues of diversity within the fields of technical and scientific communication.
- Intercultural Technical Communication: The Pedagogical Possibilities of Paralogic Hermeneutics
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Brenda Daisy
Our rejection of language as a system necessitates the rejection of pedagogical methods that seek to cultivate “linguistic competence” or seek to develop “intercultural competence” on top of the “regular” work of technical communication instruction. - Ethical Implications of Intercultural Audiences
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Lisa Heitzman
Argues that it is crucial that technical writing courses raise the awareness of the implications of intercultural communication, and specifically, how to include the translator as the target audience. - Communication and Women in Engineering
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Sarah Brown
Women can be either encouraged or discouraged to take on the role of engineer through communication. Encouraging women to take on the role of engineer is imperative because of the lack of women currently in engineering.