Technical Communication as Assemblage
Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Stuart A. Selber
Abstract
This article offers a theoretical intervention into the work on posthumanism in technical and professional communication (TPC), an intervention that encourages the field to recognize relationships between objects and users in different ways. Our intervention draws on the work of Deleuze and Guattari to reimagine how TPC tends to think about the concept of assemblage. We apply this other view in makerspaces, illustrating what it buys us for practice and theory in complex sociotechnical contexts.
Topics & Concepts
Assemblage (archaeology)Sociotechnical systemPosthumanismIntervention (counseling)Technical communicationField (mathematics)SociologyActor–network theoryDeleuze and GuattariProfessional communicationWork (physics)EpistemologyEngineering ethicsEngineeringComputer scienceSocial scienceKnowledge managementPsychologyArchaeologyWorld Wide WebGeographyPhilosophyElectrical engineeringMechanical engineeringPsychiatryPure mathematicsMathematicsInnovative Human-Technology InteractionDesign Education and PracticeInformation Systems Theories and Implementation