Durack, Katherine T.
Gender, Technology, and the History of Technical Communication
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publication as ideational performance
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definition tells us what tc is
1. close relationship to technology
2. associated w/work & workplace--not gender neutral terms tho oft represented as such
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emphasis often on agency or products: both have need to establish signficance
two assumptions need challenged:
1. women not significant originators of tech/sci/med docs
2. women's tools not sufficient/important enough to study
multiple references to Stanley's work & the obfuscation/cooption of women's work
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history often ignores technology of daily life
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industrialization split home from work--recentered heart of production
women often accepted as users of machines but not the repairers of machines
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focus on workplace writing--one geographic place over another--disempowering to an entire collection of sites where writing takes place
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many contributions made outside of workplace
Definition revision
1. TW exists in gov't & industry as well as intersection between private/public spheres
2. TW has a close relationship to technology (knolwedge, actions, tools)
3. TW seeks to make tacit knowledge explicit
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