The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) seeks to provide an international forum for researchers, teachers, and students interested in the rhetorical dimensions of science, technology, and medicine. ARSTM was founded in 1992 by scholars at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Iowa who began meeting in conjunction with the annual meeting of the National Communication Association (NCA).
Since then, ARSTM has hosted day-long pre-conferences in conjunction with the annual meeting of the NCA. More recently, ARSTM has hosted day-long pre-conferences with the biennial conferences of the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA). In addition, ARSTM sponsors panels and papers at both the NCA main convention and RSA main conference.
Originally called the American Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology (AARST), in November 2006 members voted unanimously to rename the organization to the Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology (ARST) in order to better reflect the international nature of its membership and intellectual concerns. In November 2015 members voted to change ARST to ARSTM to acknowledge the growing emphasis on rhetoric of medicine within the organization.
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Learn more about ARSTM:
- Check out asynchronous conference content or ARSTM oral histories on the ARSTM youtube channel
- Follow us on twitter – @RhetSTM
Affiliate Organizations
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