Towards Local, Meaningful and Diverse Literacies for Sustainable and Equitable Futures

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium is focused on transformative literacy practices that disrupt and reclaim literacies in a range of international settings. Participants whose professional and personal life journeys are distinct will speak to the commonalities and specificities of their understanding of literacies as local and meaningful. Using instances of research from Colombia, Malawi, India, Canada and Scotland, we push the boundaries of what counts as literacy and illustrate how we can think and act differently with literacies.

Content Area

• AREA 12. International Research on Teaching and Learning

Chair

• Diane Renee Collier, Brock University

Discussant

• Mia Perry, University of Glasgow

Presenters

• Rakhat Zholdoshalieva, UNESCO

• Marcela Ramos, University of Glasgow

• Nancy Palacios Mena, Universidad de los Andes

• Tatiana Becerra, McGill University

• Sharifa Abdulla, University of Glasgow

• Lisa Bradley, University of Glasgow

• Amanda Ptolomey, University of Glasgow

• Melissa McKinney-Lepp, District School Board of Niagara

• Simranjeet Kaur, Brock University