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Sensory literacies, the body, and digital media
Mills, Kathy A. Unsworth, Len Exley, Beryl
Mills, Kathy A.
Unsworth, Len
Exley, Beryl
Abstract
This chapter suggests that what is needed in current understandings of literacy practices is systematic attention to the role of the full sensorium evoked in the process of meaning making. Of particular interest is the hitherto neglected realm of the nonvisual senses and their role in children's literacy learning. The chapter demonstrates how the sensorial engagement of the body is intertwined in meaning making with different material presentations of digital and print copies of a picture book and in handwriting and process drama lessons. The e-book version of the Heart and the Bottle and process drama activities that draw on Beware of the Bears invite the reader to participate with the body in sense-making through haptic affordances that open up a rich set of possibilities for vicarious sensory engagement with the feelings and perspectives of the characters.
Keywords
literacy, human senses, meaning, multimodal texts
Date
2018
Type
Book chapter
Journal
Book
Handbook of writing, literacies, and education in digital cultures
Volume
Issue
Page Range
26-36
Article Number
ACU Department
Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE)
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
Relation URI
Event URL
Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
File Access
Open