Situated Literacies: Theorising Reading and Writing in Context by David Barton (

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This text is a collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, written in a clear, accessible style, makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices.

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Literacies are situated. All uses of written language can be seen as located in particular times and places. Equally, all literate activity is indicative of broader social practices. Situated Literacies is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, written in a clear, accessible style, makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices. Detailed ethnographic studies of a wide variety of specific situations, all involving real texts and lived practices, are balanced with general claims about the nature of literacy. Contributors address a coherent set of issues: * the visual and material aspects of literacy * concepts of time and space in relation to literacy * the functions of literacies in shaping and sustaining identities in communities of practice * the relationship between texts and the practices associated with their use * the role of discourse analysis on literacy studies.These studies, along with a foreword by Denny Taylor, make a timely and important contribution to understanding the ways in which literacy practices are part of a broader social process and suggest directions for the further development of literacy studies. Situated Literacies is essential reading for anyone involved in literacy education.

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Situated Literacies is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, written in a clear, accessible style, makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices.Detailed ethnographic studies of a wide variety of specific situations, all involving real texts and lived practices, are balanced with general claims about the nature of literacy. Contributors address a coherent set of issues:* the visual and material aspects of literacy* concepts of time and space in relation to literacy* the functions of literacies in shaping and sustaining identities in communities of practice* the relationship between texts and the practices associated with their usethe role of discourse analysis on literacy studiesThese studies, along with a foreword by Denny Taylor, make a timely and important contribution to literacy theory and suggest directions for the further development of the field. Situated Literacies is essential reading for anyone involved in literary education.

Author Biography

David Barton, Mary Hamilton and Roz Ivanic are all based at Lancaster University. David Barton is the Literacies series editor and has previously collaborated with Mary Hamilton on Local Literacies (1998) Roz Ivanic is the co-author of The Politics of Writing (1997)

Table of Contents

List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Foreword by Denny Taylor, Introduction: exploring situated literacies, 1 Literacy practices, 2 Expanding the new literacy studies: using photographs to explore literacy as social practice, 3 The new literacy studies and time: an exploration, 4 There is no escape from third-space theory: borderland discourse and the 'in-between' literacies of prisons, 5 Becoming just another alphanumeric code: farmers' encounters with the literacy and discourse practices of agricultural bureaucracy at the livestock auction, 6 Texts in practices: interpreting the physical characteristics of children's project work, 7 Family literacy: a pedagogy for the future?, 8 Emergent literacy practices in an electronic community, 9 Respect and the pursuit of 'symmetry' in researching literacy and student writing, 10 Researching literacy practices: learning from activities with teachers and students, 11 The New Literacy Studies: from 'socially situated' to the work of the social, 12 The New Literacy Studies: context, intertextuality and discourse, 13 New Literacy Studies at the Interchange, Index

Review

'This is an up-to-date collection of research-based articles on the social, communicative activities of reading and writing, edited by three of the people who have put Lancaster University on the international map as a centre for original and interesting literacy research ... and the overall flavour of the book is of a collection which is genuinely based on a shared conception of the topic of research and the theoretical concepts which are used for making sense of it.' - Neil Mercer, British Educational Research Journal

Long Description

"Situated Literacies" is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, written in a clear accessible style, makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader practices. Among the issues discussed are: the visual and material aspects, concepts of time and space, how literacies shape and sustain identities in communities, the relationship between texts and their practices, and the role of discourse analysis. Together, these studies, along with a foreword by Denny Taylor, make a timely and important contribution to understanding the ways in which literary practices are part of the broader social processes.

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'This is an up-to-date collection of research-based articles on the social, communicative activities of reading and writing, edited by three of the people who have put Lancaster University on the international map as a centre for original and interesting literacy research ... and the overall flavour of the book is of a collection which is genuinely based on a shared conception of the topic of research and the theoretical concepts which are used for making sense of it.' - Neil Mercer, British Educational Research Journal

Details ISBN0415206707 Series Literacies Language English ISBN-10 0415206707 ISBN-13 9780415206709 Media Book Format Hardcover Imprint Routledge Subtitle Theorising Reading and Writing in Context Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Roz Ivanic Edition 1st Short Title SITUATED LITERACIES Edited by Mary Hamilton Birth 1949 Affiliation all of Lancaster University DOI 10.1604/9780415206709 UK Release Date 1999-10-21 AU Release Date 1999-10-21 NZ Release Date 1999-10-21 Pages 238 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 1999 Publication Date 1999-10-21 Alternative 9780415206716 DEWEY 302.2244 Illustrations 7 Tables, black and white Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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