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Given the global nature of the business world, technical communicators
now frequently find themselves immersed in a global context, with their
work crossing boundaries of culture and languages, values and
practices. Technical communicators bridge a range of cultural
differences, and such embeddedness in the global workplace brings a
crucial set of issues and problems. To develop better understanding of
the challenges raised by this phenomenon, the NCTE Committee on
Technical and Scientific Communication is developing a collection of
essays on Global Technical Communication, edited by Carol Lipson and
Bev Sauer. The editors invite one-page proposals by December 1; full
20-page chapters will be due on February 15th. We seek submissions for
chapters addressing issues such as the following:

€ Rhetorical issues involving technical communication in translation
€ Effects of the dominance of English as a medium of technical
communication
€ The communication, translation, and representation of local
knowledge in global contexts
€ The shaping and alteration of genres and conventions as a result
of online global technical communication
€ The role of the practitioner and the writer in different cultures
€ The role of visuality in relation to global writing for different
cultures
€ The role of alternate models of learning in supporting successful
global communication
€ The effects of the global economy on corporate cultures and on the
role of the technical communicator
€ The role of technical communicators in furthering global equity
via the performance of technical communication
€ Existing efforts of technical communication educational programs
in addressing global issues, and the lessons learned
€ Proposed ways to revise the technical communication curriculum to
ethically take into account cultural and linguistic differences
€ Ways to establish education connections, collaborations, and
programs across cultures
€ Analyses of the discourses of globalization within technical
communication and related fields

Prospective contributors are invited to address questions and send
submissions to the editors by email:
cslipson@syr.edu, and bevsauer@jhu.edu