Description
Product ID: | 9781032285146 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Expanding Literacies in Education |
Title: | Pluriversal Literacies for Sustainable Futures |
Subtitle: | When Words Are Not Enough |
Authors: | Author: Mia Perry |
Page Count: | 158 |
Subjects: | Literacy, Literacy, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Moral and social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, Primary and middle schools, Secondary schools, Higher education, tertiary education, Adult education, continuous learning, Teaching of a specific subject, Sustainability, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Moral & social purpose of education, Multicultural education, Primary & middle schools, Secondary schools, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Adult education, continuous learning, Teaching of a specific subject, Sustainability |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This book presents a new vision of literacy that frames meaning making and communication in relation to individual, collective, and ecological needs. 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. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-07-28 |