Theory of Rhetoric

Hazardous environments are poorly understtK)d and difficult to manage, even with the best technologies. Workers and management face production pressures that frequently invite disaster. Even under the best circumstances, compliance is difficult and complex. Within the Cycle, no single document can include all of the information that individuals would need to provide a 100% certain level of safety underground. Each document is ultimately the product of many rhetorical actions that may be so naturalized that writers no longer see these acts as rhetorical choices. If we attempt to build a theory of rhetorical practice based solely on our analysis of mitten documentation at any moment in the Cycle, we may miss the important rhetorical work that takes place at critical moments of transformation within the Cycle. 

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