(De)Signing Authority: The Indexical Dimension of Typography in Science Communication

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Abstract

Graphics in scientific communication are not just a means to elegantly convey, condense, or systematize “facts.” As any form of communication, they are bound to, or enregistered in, the discursive context of previous uses. Graphics, thus, do not only visualize information (in an iconicor symbolicway), they also contextualize (i.e., index) the practices, communities, and genres of particular fields and thereby serve as effective emblems of scholarly identity. This article elaborates on the indexicalor emblematic dimensionof academic graphic design. Drawing on sociolinguistic theory of social positioning and identification, it will be argued how graphic design is a disciplinary practice in the double sense of the word.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)46-58
Seitenumfang13
FachzeitschriftDesign Issues
Jahrgang37
Ausgabenummer4
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2021

ÖFOS 2012

  • 602007 Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft
  • 602041 Rhetorik
  • 602048 Soziolinguistik

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