Transnational Research in Technical Communication

Nancy Small is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wyoming. Bernadette Longo is Associate Professor of Humanities at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

"Shifting the focus away from traditional understandings of validity and rigor, the editors and authors offer personal, vulnerable stories about their experiences, successes, and—perhaps most important—failures when engaging in transnational research. With this explicit focus on narrative and storytelling, along with the variety of fields that the authors of the collection represent, the book serves as a resource for scholars across disciplines who are interested in transnational work and, more specifically, who are interested in questioning the ethics and power dynamics that come into play in transnational work." — H-Net Reviews (H-Sci-Med-Tech)"This volume contributes methodological reflections on transnational and intercultural research within the field of TPC. It is a how-to guide of sorts with reflections by researchers discussing research projects. Thus, it contributes much-needed stories about working in the field while conducting transnational research." — Guiseppe Getto, East Carolina University

• Introductions and BeginningsBernadette Longo and Nancy Small1. Planning and Pivoting: Archival Work in Botswana and South AfricaEmily January Petersen2. Grappling with Globalized Research Ethics: Notes from a Long-Term Qualitative Research Agenda in IndiaBreeanne Matheson3. Lost in Translation: Losing Rigid Research Team Roles in a Field Study in VietnamSarah Beth Hopton, Rebecca Walton, and Linh Nguyen4. Accidental Tourist in a Narrative World with Technologies: A Story from Katanga ProvinceBernadette Longo5. Across the Divide: Communicating with Stakeholders in Papua New GuineaBea Amaya6. "Nuestra vida en el medio oeste, USA": Listening to Mexican ImmigrantsLaura Pigozzi7. Syrian Refugee Women's Voices: Research Grounded in Stories and Recipe SharingNabila Hijazi8. Relearning Your Knowledge: The Loud SilenceYvan Yenda Ilunga9. Chemistry Publication Ethics in China and the United States: Transdisciplinary Teaming in a Time of ChangeKathryn Northcut10. Mingled Threads: A Tapestry of Tales from a Complex Multinational ProjectRosário Durão, Kyle Mattson, Marta Pacheco Pinto, Joana Moura, Ricardo López-Léon, and Anastasia Parianou11. Importing Lessons from Qatar: Toward a Research Ethic in Transnational and Intercultural TPCNancy SmallReferences