Distributed Cognition and Embodiment in Text Planning: A Situated Study of Collaborative Writing in the Workplace

作     者：Clayson, Ashley 

作者机构：Univ West Florida Dept English 11000 Univ Pkwy Pensacola FL 32514 USA 

出 版 物：《WRITTEN COMMUNICATION》 (书面交流)

年 卷 期：2018年第35卷第2期

页      面：155-181页

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学科分类：05[文学] 0503[文学-新闻传播学] 

基　　金：Graduate Research Partners Program Fellowship from the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota Affiliates 21st Century Summer Research Fellowship in Professional and Technical Communication at the University of Minnesota James L. Brown Semester Fellowship in Rhetoric at the University of Minnesota 

主　　题：distributed cognition embodiment materiality gesture text planning workplace writing collaborative writing 

摘      要：Through a study of collaborative writing at a student advocacy nonprofit, this article explores how writers distribute their text planning across tools, artifacts, and gestures, with a particular focus on how embodied representations of texts are present in text planning. Findings indicate that these and other representations generated by the writers move through a spectrum of durability, from provisional to more persistent representations. The author argues that these findings offer useful insights into the relationships among distributed cognition, materiality, embodiment, and text planning and have implications for practitioners and students of writing. Additionally, the author recommends that scholars further investigate the ways in which embodied representations of texts are generated through lived experiences with the materials of writing.