Contributor: Julia Balacko
EVENT: Book Launch for T. Kenny Fountain's Rhetoric in the Flesh
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending the book launch for T. Kenny Fountain's Rhetoric in the Flesh: Trained Vision, Technical Expertise, and the Gross Anatomy Lab at the Dittrick Museum. At the event, Fountain discussed some of the key arguments from the book, and shared anecdotes from his participant observation in the human gross anatomy lab.
Fountain's text is an ethnographic account penned from the perspective of a rhetorician of science communication. His focus on language offers a lens into anatomical learning and clinical training that is at once pointed...