Literacy, Embodied Movement, and Social Movement: Walking Civil Rights in Nashville

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

In this session, which will involve an extended walk through historic downtown Nashville, participants will be invited to examine the ways in which multiple forms of literacy (e.g, speeches, writing, music, signage, news media) were involved in the civil rights movement in Nashville and how these forms were semiotically and affectively engaged in the making of civil rights “places” and movements.

Content Area

• Area 7: Social, Cultural, and Political Issues of Literacy Practices In and Out of School

Individual Presentations

• Literacy, Embodied Movement, and Social Movement: Walking Civil Rights in Nashville - Kevin Michael Leander, Vanderbilt University