Pluriversal Literacies for Sustainable Futures: When Words Are Not Enough

ISBN-13: 9781032285146 / Angielski

Mia Perry

Opis

This book presents a new vision of literacy that frames meaning making and communication in relation to individual, collective, and ecological needs. Building on the concept of the pluriversal, Perry explores how literacy education can support multiple ways of being and becoming. In so doing, Perry rejects limiting and skills-focused definitions of literacy and instead embraces a more profound conceptualisation that reflects the boundless potential of literacy practices. Bringing together research from the global north and south, Perry connects literacy education with semiotics, philosophy, sustainability studies, and geopolitics to argue for the urgency of a pluriversal model of literacy that combats a normative, neo-colonial understanding of reading and writing.

Offering a unique contribution to the field of literacy studies, this book demonstrates how literacy is a semiotic process and literacy practices can connect learner needs with pathways to social, ecological, and cultural sustainability. With Perry as a guide, this illuminating book invites readers to join the journey into literacies beyond words, to arrive at a more holistic and inclusive understanding of what literacy practices are and can be.

Spis treści

CONTENTS

　

Part I: Literacies and the Pluriverse: Stories and Principles

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Pluriverse: Navigating a common world with very little in common

Chapter 3 Scales and politics of literacies education

Chapter 4 Literacy: What it is and what it does

Chapter 5 "Literacy" translated

Part II: Literacies Practices and Pedagogies

Chapter 6 Literacy of print

Chapter 7 Literacy of faith

Chapter 8 Literacies of land and water

Chapter 9 Literacy of the body

Chapter 10 Literacy of matter

Chapter 11 Enacting pluriversal literacies: A framework for practice

　

O autorze

Mia Perry is a Professor of Arts and Literacies in Education at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.