DocumentCode
239913
Title
Introducing Micronesian stick charts as models of visual technical communication
Author
Moran, Tom
Author_Institution
Rochester Inst. of Technol., Rochester, NY, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
13-15 Oct. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
“Stick charts” once used to familiarize indigenous sailors with the currents and swells encountered during voyages through the lagoons of the Marshall Islands are excellent examples of the visual communication of complex information. Discussion of and exercises with these “stick charts” within a technical communication class promote understanding of many aspects of visual rhetoric.
Keywords
navigation; professional communication; telecommunication engineering education; visual communication; Marshall Islands; Micronesian stick charts; complex information; technical communication class; visual communication; visual rhetoric; visual technical communication; Art; Geography; Libraries; Navigation; Oceans; Visualization; Marshall Islands; stick charts; technical communication; visual rhetoric;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Professional Communication Conference (IPCC), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Pittsburgh, PA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCC.2014.7020342
Filename
7020342
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