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Cop City Counternarratives: Security Logics, Sociotechnical Environments, and Marginalized Communities

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article examines how technical communicators, specifically concerned with the overlap between design, community, and security logics, can better understand how certain ideals around security, surveillance and safety can reinforce or resist narratives about state-sponsored protections. We use the public and political controversy surrounding the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center (Cop City) as a backdrop for engaging the questions regarding technical communicators potential for intervening into unjust security logics that impact the environment and marginalized communities.

Source: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

DOI: 10.1177/00472816251384907

Authors: Natasha N. Jones, Donnie Johnson Sackey

Institutions: Michigan State University, The University of Texas at Austin

Language: English

Topic: Rhetoric and Communication Studies

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,400