TY - JOUR
T1 - Rethinking literacy as a process of translation
AU - Somerville, Margaret
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper draws on examples from ethnographic research to propose a new way of thinking about literacy. Beginning with the framework of multiliteracies, the paper presents a series of vignettes in order to explore how socially marginalised learners experience literacy. I argue that all literacy is an act of translation, and explore implications for literacy pedagogies when literacy is reconceptualised in this way.
AB - This paper draws on examples from ethnographic research to propose a new way of thinking about literacy. Beginning with the framework of multiliteracies, the paper presents a series of vignettes in order to explore how socially marginalised learners experience literacy. I argue that all literacy is an act of translation, and explore implications for literacy pedagogies when literacy is reconceptualised in this way.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/558235
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M3 - Article
SN - 1038-1562
VL - 32
SP - 9
EP - 21
JO - Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
JF - Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
IS - 1
ER -