Keywords in Making: A Rhetorical Primer

Keywords Series

Edited by Jason Tham

From "Accessibility" to "Visual Semiotics," from "Augmentation" to "Writing Studio," and from "3D Printing" to "Wireframing," major sections of KEYWORDS IN MAKING demonstrate how words, semantics, and terminologies create and sustain a particular discourse community consisting of makers and designers. This edited collection aims to be a lexical resource for rhetorical inventors and technical communicators, including writers, inventors, instructors, and program administrators who identify with the maker community. With one hundred omnibus terms subject to analysis, interpretation, reinterpretation, and expansion, this collection is a primer to research and practice in design and innovation powered by the popularized maker culture, education, and movement. Each entry in this collection conceptualizes a particular keyword's role in "making" as an inventive and rhetorical activity. Contributors provide application examples and pedagogical approaches that flesh out their keywords in relation to professional experiences while offering recommendations for future actions. KEYWORDS IN MAKING presents a compelling argument for why making matters to rhetoric and technical communication.

About the Editor

Jason Tham is Associate Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric at Texas Tech University. He co-directs the User Experience Lab and is the faculty sponsor for the STC Student Chapter at TTU. He is the author or editor of Keywords in Design Thinking, Design Thinking in Technical Communication, Collaborative Writing Playbook (with Joe Moses), Writing to Learn in Teams (with Joe Moses), and Designing Technical and Professional Communication (with Deborah Andrews). He currently serves as co-editor of Computers and Composition.