Area 7: Illuminating Futures through the Work and Writings of Brian V. Street

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

The history of theorizing literacy as a social process has examined how changing literacy practices reflect changes in cultural life. Brian Street pointed out that their ‘autonomous models’ of literacy that conceptualized literacy as a monolithic set of psychological processes failed to account for diverse meanings and significances of different forms of reading and writing across cultures. In this symposium, three researchers draw on the work of Brian Street as a lens for their research.

Content Area

• AREA 7. Social, Cultural, and Political Issues of Literacy Practices In and Out of School

Chair

• Jennifer Rowsell, Brock University

Discussant

• Cheryl McLean, Rutgers Graduate School of Education

Individual Presentations

• Literacy Practices, Changes on Communicational Landscapes and Ideologies Among Working Class Families in Trombetas, Brazil - Maria Lucia Castanheira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

• Hitting the autonomous wall: How Brian Street helped navigate an urban high school literacy program - Joanne Larson, University of Rochester

• Navigating the Local and Global: Literacy Practices in Online Authoring Spaces - Amy Stornaiuolo, University of Pennsylvania