| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 320 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
SUNY series, studies in technical communication |
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SUNY series, studies in technical communication
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| Contents |
Introduction / Sean D. Williams -- 1. When the sound is frozen : extracting climate data from Inuit narratives / Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq -- 2. Boundary waters : deliberative experience design for environmental decision making / Daniel Card -- 3. In defense of a greenspace : students discover agency in the practice of community-engaged technical communication / Bob Hyland -- 4. Flood insurance rate maps as communicative sites of pragmatic environmental action / Daniel P. Richards -- 5. Collaborating for clean air : virtue ethics and the cultivation of transformational service-learning partnerships / Lauren E. Cagle and Roberta Burnes -- 6. The narrative of silent stakeholders : reframing local environmental communications to include global human impacts / Beth Shirley -- 7. Resilient farmland : the role of technical communicators / Sara B. Parks and Lee S. Tesdell -- 8. Writing for clients, writing for change : proposals, persuasion, and problem solving in the technical writing classroom / Monika A. Smith -- 9. Health in the shale fields : technical communication and environmental health risks / Barbara George -- 10. Participatory policy : enacting technical communication for a shared water future / Josephine Walwema -- 11. Rhino crash : teaching science, medical, and environmental writing for social action / Michelle Hall Kells -- Epilogue: Right relation with the whole world : creating a richer polyvocality for environmental technical communication / Caroline Gottschalk Druschke |
| Summary |
This collection engages scholars and practicioners in a conversation about the ways that Technical Communication has contributed to pragmatic and democratic actions to address climate change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost platform, viewed March 7, 2023) |
| Subject |
Communication in the environmental sciences.
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Communication of technical information.
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Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
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Science / Environmental Science.
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Communication in the environmental sciences.
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Communication of technical information.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Williams, Sean, 1970- editor.
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| ISBN |
1438491301 |
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9781438491301 |
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