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One troglodyte to another, Abi takes Benton through the (semi-) scandalous history of technical communication and looks to its exciting future of inclusivity. We address how the field has answered the big questions of What are we? and Why are we here? We also answer less-significant but no-less-compelling questions like, What is the first rule of foraging? How do you pronounce the word “whaling”? Why does Benton need a new wedding ring?
Sources and further reading
- Basquin, E. A. (1981). The First Technical Writer in English: Geoffrey Chaucer. Technical Communication, 28(3), 22–24.
- Clarke, P. (2020, April 9). Moscow Mule Recipe. Serious Eats. https://www.seriouseats.com/the-moscow-mule-vodka-cocktail-recipe
- Connors, R. (1982). The rise of technical writing instruction in America. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 12(4).
- Dobrin, D. N. (1983). What’s technical about technical writing? In New essays in technical and scientific communication (pp. 227–250). Routledge.
- Durack, K. T. (1997). Gender, technology, and the history of technical communication. Technical Communication Quarterly, 6(3), 249–260. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15427625tcq0603_2
- Flags of the World. (n.d.). Retrieved January 18, 2022, from https://www.fotw.info/flags/index.html
- Goddard, D. (1972, February 27). The Hell‐Fire Club: Visions of Debauchery Danced in Their Heads. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/27/archives/the-hellfire-club-visions-of-debauchery-danced-in-their-heads.html
- Johnson-Eilola, J., & Selber, S. A. (Eds.). (2004). Central Works in Technical Communication. Oxford University Press.
- Jones, N. N., Moore, K. R., & Walton, R. (2016). Disrupting the past to disrupt the future: An antenarrative of technical communication. Technical Communication Quarterly, 25(4), 211–229.
- Kilgore, D. (1981). Moby-Dick: A Whale of a Handbook for Technical Writing Teachers. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.
- Kimball, M. A. (2017). The golden age of technical communication. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 47(3), 330–358.
- Lavigne, A. (2010, March 10). Avril Lavigne—Sk8er Boi (Official Music Video). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIy3n2b7V9k
- McMaster-Carr. (n.d.). Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.mcmaster.com/
- Miller, C. R. (1979). A Humanistic Rationale for Technical Writing. College English, 40(6), 610–617. https://doi.org/10.2307/375964
- NIH. (2019, March 12). Biographical Overview: Rosalind Franklin. National Library of Medicine Profiles in Science. https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/kr/feature/biographical
- Pariona, A. (2017, April 25). What Is The Capital Of South Africa? WorldAtlas. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-capital-of-south-africa.html
- Rutter, R. (1991). History, Rhetoric, and Humanism: Toward a More Comprehensive Definition of Technical Communication. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 21(2), 133–153. https://doi.org/10.2190/7BBK-BJYK-AQGB-28GP
- Slack, J., Miller, D., & Doak, J. (1993). The Technical Communicator as Author: Meaning, Power, Authority. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 7(1), 12–36. https://doi.org/10.1177/105065199300700100
- Thayer, S. (2006). The Forager’s Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants. Forager’s Harvest.