The Activist Syllabus as Technical Communication and the Technical Communicator as Curator of Public Intellectualism

Authors

Kristin Marie Bivens, City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington College
Kirsti Cole, Minnesota State University, MankatoFollow
Leah Heilig, Texas Tech University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Abstract

Recently, educators have created crowdsourced syllabi using social media. Activist syllabi are digitally circulated public collections of knowledge and knowledge-making about events and social movements. As technical communicators, we can function as curators of public intellectualism by providing accessibility and usability guidance for these activist syllabi in collaboration with activist syllabi creators. In turn, technical communicators can work with syllabi creators as a coalitional social justice strategy to enhance the circulation of these activist syllabi.

Print ISSN

1542-7625

Publication Title

Technical Communication Quarterly

Recommended Citation

Bivens, K. M., Cole, K., & Heilig, L. (2020). The activist syllabus as technical communication and the technical communicator as curator of public intellectualism. Technical Communication Quarterly, 29(1), 70-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2019.1635211

DOI

10.1080/10572252.2019.1635211

Link to Publisher Version (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2019.1635211

Publisher's Copyright and Source

Copyright © 2019 Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.

Article published in Technical Communication Quarterly, volume 29, issue 1, 2020, pages 70-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2019.1635211