![]() ![]() So it seems the flow goes like this: ideology, discourse, methodology, rhetoric, genre, text. But they used each one in specific way for a specific end. The decision was made based on a situation analysis: they used all three. But, he had to only choose the best genre for transmitting the data. So, to present the knowledge gained, he turned to graphs and Progress Reports and Technical Reports (344). But it is not an acceptable genre for transmitting data. The data was then recorded (memoria) in a data sheet (an acceptable genre for recording data). In this case lab testing and certain procedures for collecting and recording data. So their was a certain methodology for creating this knowledge that would be accepted in the discourse community of Engineering. First knowledge for the report had be constructed. So, there were certain things to consider about Engineering when this process all started. This is the process through which Phillips wandered when faced with a presentation to give at an Engineering conference about an engine (go figure). So, the discoures determines the available means of communication (appicable rhetorics and thier corresponding genres) and then situational rhetoric specifices the choice. To choose which genre is used when, situational rhetorical decisions are made to determine the best modes of delivery and style. In the article, she points too Data sheets, graphs, progress reports and technical reports. These shared ideologies (beliefs about knowledge) beget shared ideas of how knowledge is created (shared methodology) and how knowledge transmited (shared rhetoric or shared genres). Winsor traces the means of text production within Engineering starting with the text itself and moving backwards to the shared ideologies that guide the social actions of these Engineers (well one in this study). First and foremost, this article is a very nice example of an easy-to-read discourse analysis. ![]()
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