Technical Communication and Late Capitalism: Considering a Postmodern Technical Communication Pedagogy
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Wilson, Greg
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
2001

Abstract:

This article proposes a postmodern reconceptualization of technical communication pedagogy to make student and professional agency a major concern, especially because technical communicators must compete in a global economy that rewards flexibility and penalizes inflexibility. Postmodern mapping metaphors and Robert Reich's methodology for training 'symbolic-analytic' workers are used to suggest ways in which a postmodern approach to technical communication could be taught.