PARTICIPATORY CRITICAL RHETORIC

1) the political commitments of the critic, 2) rhetorical reflexivity and the role of the embodied critic, 3) emplaced rhetoric and the interplay between the field, text, and context, and 4) multiperspectival judgment that is informed by direct participation with rhetors and audiences. In addition to laying the groundwork and advocating for the approach, Participatory Critical Rhetoric also offers significant contributions to rhetorical theory and criticism more broadly by revisiting the field s understanding of core topics such as role of the critic, text/context, audience, rhetorical effect, and the purpose of criticism. Further, it enhances theoretical conversations about material rhetoric, place/space, affect, intersectional rhetoric, embodiment, and rhetorical reflexivity.