Black Professional Communicators Testifying to Black Technical Joy

2022/04/21 by Antonio Byrd · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Discourse Analysis in Language Studies #Literacy, Media, and Education

paper · doi:10.1080/10572252.2022.2069287

openalex publication_date 2022/04/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

This article examines how 14 Black professional communicators publicly share their stories about their career change into software development and other positions in the tech industry. Findings suggest that Black readers looking to shift into the tech field benefit from emotional experiences with professional development resources as they make their strategic career pivots. Black technical joy describes this rhetorical practice to find comfort in and celebration of the strategic ways Black people approach technical communication.

Citations

• Rethinking the Black Public Sphere: An Alternative Vocabulary for Multiple Public Spheres
• Race after technology. Abolitionist tools for the new Jim Code

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• Making Information Sensible: Reconsidering Aesthetics in Scientific and Technical Communication

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