Technical Communication Quarterly Oct 2020

Embracing a Metic Lens for Community-based Participatory Research in Technical Communication

Erin Brock Carlson West Virginia University

Abstract

This article responds to recent calls for social justice-oriented work in Technical and professional communication, detailing moments from a participatory photovoice project with community organizers working toward a more just regional economy. By juxtaposing participatory action research methods and the rhetorical concept of metis, or embodied, rhetorical cunning, this article highlights how reversals of power might transform research projects for all parties involved; and how disenfranchised groups might challenge extractive practices draining their communities.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2020-10-01
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10.1080/10572252.2020.1789745
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