viz.

Viz. explores the many ways rhetoric, visual culture, and pedagogy interact with and inform each other. In keeping with this mission, the viz. blog presents a forum for discussing the visual and its connections with theory, rhetorical practice, popular culture, and pedagogy.

The Theory, Assignments, and Bibliography pages offer a number of resources for both first-time and veteran instructors of visual rhetoric. Drawing on the classroom experiences of instructors in UT's Computer Writing and Research Lab, the Assignment pages include a number of sample class-, unit-, or semester-length exercises on visual rhetoric and analysis, as well as a cluster of assignments on visualizing the writing process. Viz.'s newest feature, Views, includes interviews and discussions with prominent visual rhetoric and communication studies scholars.

Scholars, instructors, and anyone with an interest in the diversity of visual rhetoric and culture are welcome to contribute to the viz. blog or other portions of the web site. First time users can create an account here (a provisional password will be emailed to you). You may also contact the editors with questions.

Viz. is maintained by the visual rhetoric workgroup of the Computer Writing and Research Lab, which is led by the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin.