Technical Communication Quarterly Oct 2022

Tactical (Dis)connection in Smart Cities: Postconnectivist Technical Communication for a Datafied World

Gustav Verhulsdonck Central Michigan University ; Jason Tham Texas Tech University

Abstract

This study investigates the rhetorics of smart cities and how they define citizens’ agency. We consider the framing of human control against automated technological infrastructures in smart and playable cities. Through examining selected smart city plans from the U.S., Europe, and Asia, we share results from the comparisons of these plans to draw implications for technical and professional communication (TPC) practices and pedagogy. We propose a postconnectivist trajectory for TPC toward the increasingly datafied future.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2022-10-02
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10.1080/10572252.2021.2024606
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