Chapter 1: Literacies on a Human Scale
For another version of this chapter, see:
Kalantzis, Mary and Bill Cope. 2006. "On Globalisation and Diversity." Computers and Composition 31:402-411. | download
VIDEO MINI-LECTURES
1.1 Introduction to the Concept of Literacies
SUPPORTING MATERIAL
First Languages
Deutscher on The Unfolding of Language
Edward Sapir on Differences in Language and Culture
Everett on the Pirahã Language of Brazil
Levi-Strauss on the ‘Savage Mind’
Cope on Indigenous Australian Language Change
Starting to Write
Diamond on the Origins of Writing
Childe on Writing in Ancient Sumeria and Egypt
Ong on the Differences between Orality and Literacy
Socrates on the Forgetfulness that Comes with Writing
Levi-Strauss on the Functions of Writing
Goody on the Differences between Orality and Literacy
Gellner on the Logic of Nationalism
Febvre and Martin on the Coming of the Book
Rose on the Idea of the Author
The Origins of Modern Textual Architectures
New Media, New Literacies
Kress on Writing and Image Cultures
Jenkins on Collective Intelligence and Convergence Culture
Crystal on the Multiplicity of the English Language
Lankshear and Knobel Remix Lessig
Eight Aboriginal Ways of Learning