Journeys in writing: Technology and literature as the art of possibilty

Authors

Greg Stratton, Edith Cowan University
Donna Czekalowski, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Faculty

Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences

School

Kurongkurl Katitjin / Centre for Research in Entertainment, Arts,Technology, Education and Communications

RAS ID

3412

Comments

Stratton, G., & Czekalowski, D. (2005). Journeys in writing: Technology and literature as the art of possibilty.

Abstract

Ways of acquiring and using reading and writing vary from culture to culture, from context to context. People are informally socialised into the local, culture-specific literacy practices of the families and communities in which they are immersed (Auerbach, 1999, Gee, 1996). Many Indigenous Australian students are required to develop the ability to culturally code switch (Malcolm, ) in order to engage in tertiary academic literacies because of a lack of exposure to the culture-specific immersions of academia.