The Role of Ethics, Culture, and Artistry in Scientific Illustration. Issue 2 (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ross, Derek G.
• Is Part Of: Technical communication quarterly. Volume 26:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 145
• Page End: 172
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: Cultural studies -- ethics -- rhetoric of science -- visual rhetoric /visualization techniques; Technical writing -- Periodicals; Technical writing -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 808.0666
• DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2017.1287376
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1057-2252

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article is a case-based theoretical exercise designed to investigate the role that ethics, culture, and artistry play in scientific illustration. In this article, the author theorizes a visual model of cultural interplay and scientific illustration in the creation of scientific knowledge and argues that scientific illustrations work as epistemological devices because they are culturally mediated constructions imbued with personal, organizational, and disciplinary trust, and shaped by the embedded cultural worldviews.