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Notes de l'éditeur
Different people talk about new literacies in different ways (e.g., digital literacies, computer literacies) Family of concepts that for some people define new literacies Our own interests lie especially the gap between what goes on in formal learning context and what goes on everywhere else. This shapes how we approach theorising and researching about new literacies We approach new literacies from the standpoint of sociocultural theory as people interested in literacy practices. This means we speak from a very particular position.
What are some of the variations in social practices that you yourself have experienced in your professional lives (e.g., different ways of using tech tools; different skills drawn on in different practices; different ways of knowing what something means; the distribution of different ways of doing things) What are the implications of these differences for your own work and research contexts?
Meaning isn’t just literal, linguistic or word-level/semantic meaning Meaning can be of different kinds: informational meaning through to relational meaning; membership/identity meaning; structural-cultural meaning etc. In many cases the meanings that are made will not be intelligible to people at large or, in some cases, to many people at all
Identify and discuss some situations and examples in your professional work where the fact that different people have different Discourse memberships might have consequences for how they use/interact with a specified technology (e.g., a computer/laptop), or online service (e.g., Facebook, Hi5), or email, or blog etc. How might this—different Discourse memberships—be relevant to research?
“ a culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices members believe their contributions matter members feel some degree of social connection with one another.” (Jenkins et al. 2006: 3)
What are some of the examples of ‘colaboración’ in the new literacy practices of which you yourselves are aware of, and how might an ‘analytic’ understanding of ‘colaboración’ help to make sense of these? Is the university ready for Web 2.0? To what extent can a university classroom be part of a participatory culture?