Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2021
Abstract
Drawing on lessons gathered while teaching community engagement in technical communication courses during the COVID-19 pandemic, two Latina instructors, one in New Mexico and one in Florida, highlight the value that Chicana and Latina feminism can bring to technical communication pedagogies. The authors share course assignments and student examples that demonstrate their applications of Chicana/Latina feminist practices in technical communication. Through pláticas and testimonios, methodologies and methods grounded in Latina/Chicana feminism, the authors demonstrate how they navigate the challenges of the pandemic while also creating spaces for students to share, heal, and contribute to the activist work taking place in their communities. The article concludes by proposing a pedagogy of love as an approach for teaching technical communication through a Chicana/Latina feminist orientation.
Recommended Citation
Rivera, N. K., & Gonzales, L. (2021, Spring). Community engagement in TPC programs during times of crisis: Embracing Chicana and Latina feminist practices. Programmatic Perspectives, 12(1), 39-65. https://cptsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Issue-12.1.pdf
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC)
Included in
Chicana/o Studies Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons
Comments
This article was originally published in Programmatic Perspectives, volume 12, issue 1, in 2021.
This scholarship is part of the Chapman University COVID-19 Archives.