Indigenous ways with literacies : Transgenerational, multimodal, placed, and collective
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Mills, Kathy A., Davis-Warra, John, Sewell, Marlene and Anderson, Mikayla. (2016). Indigenous ways with literacies : Transgenerational, multimodal, placed, and collective. Language and Education. 30(1), pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2015.1069836
Authors | Mills, Kathy A., Davis-Warra, John, Sewell, Marlene and Anderson, Mikayla |
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Abstract | This research describes some of the salient features of Indigenous ways of working with multimodal literacies in digital contexts of use that emerged within an Indigenous school community with the oversight of Aboriginal Elders. This is significant because the use of multimodal literacy practices among a growing number of Indigenous school community groups has not been an emphasis of multimodal literacy research to date. Furthermore, authentic examples of Indigenous multimodal texts are often difficult to locate within Euro-centric educational systems of postcolonial countries. The research was conducted over a full year with students from middle and upper primary (aged 8.5–12.5 years) in an Indigenous Independent school in South-East Queensland, Australia. The project applied participatory research methods in which the research agenda was negotiated with the cultural community. Indigenous ways of multimodal literacy practices emerged as transgenerational, multimodal, placed, and collective. The findings have implications for teachers and researchers to re-envisage Indigenous ways of multimodal literacy practices in the digital age. |
Keywords | indigenous literacy; multimodal literacy; embodied; transgenerational literacy; place and literacy; dreamtime; digital storytelling |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Language and Education |
Journal citation | 30 (1), pp. 1-21 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 0950-0782 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2015.1069836 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84938675245 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-21 |
Funder | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 30 Jul 2015 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 30 Jun 2015 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | ARC/DE140100047 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/89x4x/indigenous-ways-with-literacies-transgenerational-multimodal-placed-and-collective
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