Building on the theories of Brian Street: What does it mean to be a person? What does it mean to be a person alongside literacy?

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

Street (1994) argued that “[w]hat it is to be a person, to be moral and to be human in specific cultural contexts is frequently signified by the kind of literacy practices in which a person is engaged” (p. 97). The Brian Street Memorial Award brings together language and literacy scholars to discuss: (1) how literacy is implicated in definitions of personhood, and (2) to imagine how literacy might be defined to empower those often marginalized.

Content Area

• AREA 14. Other Topics

Chair

• Michiko Hikida, Ohio State University

Presenters

• Saba Vlach, University of Iowa

• Aris Clemons, University of Tennessee Knoxville

• Lakeya Afolalu, The University of Washington

• TASHA AUSTIN, SUNY, BUFFALO