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Rhetoric and Technical Communication in HOPE VI
An Analysis of Race and Participatory Capture in U.S. Housing
Rhetoric and Technical Communication in HOPE VI
An Analysis of Race and Participatory Capture in U.S. Housing
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Description
Rhetoric and Technical Communication in HOPE VI presents a rhetorical analysis of key documents and technical writing associated with HOPE VI, a federal mixed-income, public housing program. Despite mandating resident participation, HOPE VI increased homelessness, reinforced racial segregation, and facilitated gentrification projects that priced out low-income residents. Christopher J. Morris considers this phenomenon of participatory capture, in which participation works against the most vulnerable participants. By articulating participatory capture in contemporary American housing, Morris articulates the dominant narratives, discourses, and methods the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development used to leverage participatory methods and discourses to maintain social inequity. In exploring participation’s pitfalls, the author also offers scholars and practitioners alike an alternative to participation: sovereign design rhetoric.
Table of Contents
HOPE VI, Participatory Capture, and Technical Communication
Chapter 2
Justifying “A New Era of Cooperation”: Participation, Diversity, and Legitimation in HOPE VI
Chapter 3
“Broader Horizons”: Deficit and Governance Models in HOPE VI Community Building
Chapter 4
Voice, Sovereignty, and Information Design in HOPE VI Newsletters
Chapter 5
Choice, Resident Spotlights, and Steps Toward Sovereign Rhetoric
Chapter 6
Implications for Teaching, Public Policy and Engagement, and Future Research
Product details
Published | Nov 07 2024 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 158 |
ISBN | 9781666946857 |
Imprint | Lexington Books |
Illustrations | 3 Tables |
Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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This book is brilliant—and important both for public policy studies and rhetoric and technical communication. Rhetoric and Technical Communication in HOPE VI uses analytical tools from the field of rhetoric and technical communication to interrogate the ‘participatory ethos’ of government programs in which the involvement of residents in the policies that affect them turns out only to legitimize their further marginalization. The book then turns that critique on rhetoric and technical communication itself, interrogating the field’s own ‘ethical’ turn towards participatory methods. In both cases, the concept of ‘sovereignty’ for marginalized groups is proposed instead of ‘participation.’
David Fleming, University of Massachusetts Amherst