Writing postindustrial places : technoculture amid the cornfields / Michael J. Salvo.

Author/creator Salvo, Michael J.
Format Book
PublicationAbingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2018.
Copyright Date©2018
Descriptionviii, 204 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesRoutledge studies in technical communication, rhetoric, and culture ; 7
Routledge studies in technical communication, rhetoric, and culture. ^A1331986
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: what does it mean to write a postindustrial place?; Chapter overviews; Rhetoric: kairos, metis, technê, attunement; 1 Writing working futures; Designing culture: sites of labor; Communicating advantages; Cultural study reveals opportunity; 2 Subaru as postindustrial iterative automobile manufacturing; Ford, Fordism, Detroit; Iterative design as new normal; Kaizen at SIA; ISO 15001, 50001: SIA's blue sky future; 3 Illinois and hybrid industrial agriculture; ADM's postindustrial hybrids
Contents Limestone reduces SO[sub(2)] emissions; Sustaining large-scale power plants; Hybrid networks; 4 Recycling expertise in Ohio's automotive triangle; Human nodes in Toledo's photovoltaic network; Daily operation manager; Education administrator; Entrepreneur; High-tech research and development; Translating innovation: rearticulating Toledo; 5 Ludington, Michigan, Pumped Storage as quasi-object; Fences, freedom: nature, protection; Worrying Ludington: institutional identity; Why pumped storage is not a battery; Ludington as quasi-object; Falling in love with the quasi-object
Contents 6 Homegrown innovation: IndianaNanshan and Alcoa; Fort Wayne Metals; Cook Biotech; Braun automotive; Postindustrial hybrids: loving our monsters, throwing away categories; 7 Postindustrial Midwest: Mesh, network, place; Past to future, tense networks; Hearing the voice of culture; Conclusion: TPC futures; Bibliography; Index
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [185]-199) and index.
ISBN1472410483
ISBN9781472410481

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