Research that Resonates: A Perspective on Durable and Portable Approaches to Scholarship in Technical Communication and Rhetoric of Science

摘要

The current U.S. political climate has catalyzed intense public conversations about our relationship with facts and the truth. Declarations we have entered a Post-Truth Era vie with demands for renewed attention to the authority of facts. Attacks on science-based knowledge are countered with a form of scientism locking society into a discursive stalemate.... This context raises a critical question: How can our research more effectively engage (in) these broader societal conversations? - Call for Papers: TCQ Special issue on Durable and Portable Research in Technical and Scientific Communication