History and the study of technical communication in Canada and the United States

Connor, Jennifer J.

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“…. can increase our awareness of 'what is enduring and what is ephemeral'; [and] can serve to challenge cherished precepts" ( [5], p. 5). We often focus on the workplace as a corporation, one with capitalist aims and filled with men as breadwinners; however, this study gives insight into the place of professional communication for women in the workplace of the home, women as community organizers, religious institutions, and nonprofit organizations.…”

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Women, Religion, and Professional Communication

Petersen

2014

Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication CD-ROM

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My archival research internship experience with a women's discourses project suggests that professional documentation is a vital part of building and maintaining organizations. The historical sources I examined from a religious institution's women's organization displayed a variety of professional communication genres, all of them working to make the larger organization successful and functional. Organizational communication worked to simultaneously promote women's industrial independence while tying women to the larger organization by promoting identities for participating women. These forms of communication ultimately united and disciplined the women of the organization, allowing them to share religious best practices, domestic techniques, and community values with one another. There is much work to be done on the history of professional communication in archives, including how it has been used to design religious organizations.

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“…My archival experiences are a reminder of the importance of historical study, and the vast amount of communicative knowledge we can gain from the archives of companies and organizations. Connor (1991) argued that historical research "can aid in developing self-identity by delineating the contours of [a] field; . .…”

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Women, Religion, and Professional Communication

Petersen

2014

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“…For medical communication, the case of Joseph Lister thus illustrates that ideas can persuade and endure thanks to modes of discourse other than the written 47. It also suggests that problematic written discourse offers a useful heuristic device for stylistic analysis and for classroom discussion of medical narrative.…”

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Being Lister: ethos and Victorian medical discourse

Connor

2008

Med Humanities

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Stylistic analysis and rhetorical theory are used in this study to inform our understanding of impediments to the successful uptake of a new medical idea. Through examination of the work of the Victorian surgeon Joseph Lister, who was described by one biographer as suffering from ''stylistic ham-handedness'', the study provides insights into the difficulty that Lister had in explaining his theory of antiseptic surgery. Using three comparisonsLister's scientific style in public discourse with that of his students, and Lister's scientific style in private discourse with those of both a surbordinate and a superior-the study suggests that the rhetorical concept of ethos played a major role in his communication difficulties. In this way, it presents a more nuanced perspective on modern presentations of ''model'' communications versus communication failures: that is, that problematic written discourse offers as useful a heuristic device as does exemplary discourse.

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“…These factors impact identity and the challenges that those identities face whether or not a historical account is familiar or even written. Connor (1991) also observed that studies of historical evidence are an important method of research in the field of TPC because they encourage researchers and practitioners to “rethink the avowed principles of technical communication, to ask new questions, and to follow new lines of inquiry” (p. 5). Furthermore, historiographies are critical in helping shape our own identity as a field in ways that encourage critical awareness of our need for humane sensitivity in our work.…”

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Beginning With Ganesha: The Founding and Early History of the Society for Technical Communication in India

Matheson

2019

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

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Scholars have given much weight to the question of professional legitimacy in the field of TPC, but much of that focus has been given to practitioners in Euro-Western contexts. However, practitioners in India have also worked to strengthen their own legitimacy in a variety of ways, including by harnessing existing structural mechanisms. This article addresses the founding of the Society for Technical Communication India chapter in 1999 and its subsequent organizational impact as a mechanism toward improving the legitimacy of the field in India. It covers a historical analysis of the founding years of the Society for Technical Communication India chapter and discusses ways that founding members and early participants worked to build their own legitimacy.

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History and the study of technical communication in Canada and the United States

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Women, Religion, and Professional Communication

Women, Religion, and Professional Communication

Being Lister: ethos and Victorian medical discourse

Beginning With Ganesha: The Founding and Early History of the Society for Technical Communication in India

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