Technical Communication for Environmental Action.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Interacting with This Collection -- Diverse Voices -- Narrative Methods -- Policy and Process -- Pedagogy -- Chapter Summaries -- References -- Chapter 1 When the Sound Is Frozen: Extracting Climate Data from Inuit Narratives -- References -- Chapter 2 Boundary Waters: Deliberative Experience Design for Environmental Decision Making -- TC as Advocate for Access -- Situating Environmental Review of the TMP -- The EIS as an Occasion for Political Dialogue -- Toward Environmental Justice in the TMP Review -- Recent Examples of Superficial Inclusion -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 3 In Defense of a Greenspace: Students Discover Agency in the Practice of Community-Engaged Technical Communication -- Our Ground: A Brief Review of Relevant Scholarship in Technical and Professional Communication -- Community-Engaged and Service-Learning Pedagogy in Technical Communication -- Student Identity Formation in Technical Communication -- Advocacy in Technical Communication -- Agency in Technical Communication -- Our Scene: An "Urban Oasis" under Perpetual Threat of Development -- Our Action: Leveraging Technical Communication and Service for Environmental Action -- Fall 2018 -- Spring 2019 -- Fall 2019 -- Implications -- Permissions -- References -- Chapter 4 Flood Insurance Rate Maps as Communicative Sites of Pragmatic Environmental Action -- The Dialogic Nature of Flood Insurance Rate Maps -- Project Exigence -- Project Design -- The Coding -- The Communication -- Conclusion: A Field-Based Assessment of Flood Insurance -- Cartographical Rhetorics -- Environmental Plain Language -- Zoning Regulations and Environmental Justice -- Risk Literacy and Community Engagement -- References.

Chapter 5 Collaborating for Clean Air: Virtue Ethics and the Cultivation of Transformational Service-Learning Partnerships -- Introduction -- The Story of Our Collaboration -- Theorizing Our Partnership -- What Are We Doing? Transformational Relationships and the Coproduction of Knowledge -- How Do We Do This? Virtue Ethics as a Foundation for Relationship Building -- Building Participatory Action-Oriented Teaching Partnerships -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 The Narrative of Silent Stakeholders: Reframing Local Environmental Communications to Include Global Human Impacts -- Societal Teleconnections and Environmental Communication -- A Moroccan Women's Association: A Case Study -- Interview Methods -- Limitations -- Findings: Incorporating the Narratives -- Goals of the Association -- Impacts of Climate Change on the Association's Activities -- Discussion -- Technical Communication's Global Stakeholder Responsibility -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Resilient Farmland: The Role of Technical Communicators -- Knowing a Place to Understand a Case -- Rhetorical Network for Technical Communication in Agriculture -- Common Genres of Technical Communication in US Midwest Agriculture -- The Agriculture Field Day -- Maps -- Failed Action: The Des Moines Water Works Case -- Background to the Lawsuit -- Why the Lawsuit Matters -- The Technical Communication of the Des Moines Water Works Case -- Successful Action: The Prairie STRIPS Case -- Background to Prairie STRIPS -- Why the Program Matters -- The Technical Communication of the STRIPS Project -- Persuasion strategies -- Appeal of the STRIPS program -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Writing for Clients, Writing for Change: Proposals, Persuasion, and Problem Solving in the Technical Writing Classroom -- Technical Writing Requirements and Pedagogies.

Stepping toward a Real-World Sustainability Project -- The Consulting Process: Clients and Students -- Step 1: Negotiate with Clients -- Step 2: Clarify the Nature and Scope of the Project -- Step 3: Negotiate with Students -- Focusing on Sustainability: Technical Communication Outcomes -- Outcome 1: Audience-Centered Writing -- Outcome 2: Enhanced Motivation in the Technical Writing Classroom -- Outcome 3: Team Cohesion and Communication -- Outcome 4: Cross-Disciplinary Enrichment -- Outcome 5: Writing for Change -- Lessons Learned: Stories, Observations, and Reflections -- References -- Chapter 9 Health in the Shale Fields: Technical Communication and Environmental Health Risks -- Literature Review -- Contextualizing Place: Southwestern Pennsylvania- Past and Current Environmental Policy -- Methods -- Sample Analytical Patterns -- Findings and Analysis -- Restrictive Discourse: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection -- Stasis Level of Fact -- Stasis Levels of Definition, Value, and Jurisdiction -- Restrictive Discourse: Pennsylvania Department of Health -- Stasis Level of Fact -- Stasis Level of Definition -- Stasis Levels of Value and Jurisdiction -- Encouraging Discourse: Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project -- Stasis Level of Fact -- Stasis Level of Definition -- Stasis Levels of Value and Jurisdiction -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 10 Participatory Policy: Enacting Technical Communication for a Shared Water Future -- Background -- Theoretical Framework -- Method -- Selection of the Texts -- Analysis -- Structure, Discourse, and Genre of Texts -- The Content -- Emerging Narrative -- Implications -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 Rhino Crash: Teaching Science, Medical, and Environmental Writing for Social Action -- Part 1: The Power of Positivity -- Part 2: The Problem.

Part 3: Praxis-Engaging Theory through Practice -- Part 4: The Project -- Part 5: The Principles-Appreciative Inquiry -- Part 6: The Process -- Part 7: The Partnerships -- Part 8: The Public Imagination -- Part 9: The Products -- Part 10: The Possibilities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Epilogue Right Relation with the Whole World: Creating a Richer Polyvocality for Environmental Technical Communication -- Innovative Process -- Scalar Connection -- Improvised Action -- Right Relation -- References -- Contributors -- Index.

This collection engages scholars and practicioners in a conversation about the ways that Technical Communication has contributed to pragmatic and democratic actions to address climate change.

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