Q-Rhetoric and Controlled Equivocation: Revising "The Scientific Study of Subjectivity" for Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration. Issue 2 (3rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Druschke, Caroline Gottschalk; Booth, Eric G.; Lundberg, Emma
• Is Part Of: Technical communication quarterly. Volume 28:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 137
• Page End: 151
• Publication Date: 2019-04-03
• Subjects: Ecological restoration -- research methods -- rhetoric of science -- rhetorical theory; Technical writing -- Periodicals; Technical writing -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 808.0666
• DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2019.1583377
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1057-2252

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article offers a revision to an existing social science methodology, Q methodology, through "Q-Rhetoric." After detailing Q methodology's theoretical underpinnings and practical method, and persistent critiques of the methodology, the article employs perspectives from rhetorical theory and Amerindian anthropology to suggest a methodological correction. It concludes by detailing the use of Q-Rhetoric to intervene in a Wisconsin stream management controversy, proposing Q-Rhetoric as a pragmatic and theoretically sound methodology for working across disciplinary divides.