Old-Skool Tech: Low-Tech Responses to a New-Tech World

No matter how digitally-mediated our world becomes, the value of person-to-person interaction remains. This brief paper considers the “old-skool” technologies we bring to bear in our teaching and practice by looking at the value of physical document design in our classes, person-to-person networks in trans health care, the complexities of interviews dealing with sexual conduct, and the value (and necessity) of in-person networking in the practice of technical and professional communication. As each author addresses their particular topic, we invite readers to consider how low-tech, no-tech, and old-tech approaches might not only support new-tech solutions to our ever-evolving technical and professional landscapes, but give us “new” ways to address evolving problems and technologies.