Race, Rhetoric, and Technology: A Case Study of Decolonial Technical Communication Theory, Methodology, and Pedagogy

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-310

  Haas, Angela M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural usability; decolonial methodology; ethnicity; located accountability; pedagogy; race; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862005790     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: 15524574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651912439539     Document Type: Article

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