a very brief history of transliteracy
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A Very Brief History of Transliteracy
A Brief History of Transliteracy
Origins are not from the library world
Very new and working definitions are still evolving
Different interpretations even among proponents
Can’t do it justice in 10-15 minutes
A Brief History of Transliteracy
Cross-disciplinary Transliteracies Project group, headed by Alan Liu, Department of English UC Santa Barbara
Research in the Technical, Social, and Cultural Practices of Online Reading
Working Definition of Online Reading
1. The negotiation between technology and usage
2. The negotiation between individual and social practices of reading
3. The negotiation among media
4. The negotiation between historical and contemporary reading practices
A Brief History of Transliteracy
Sue Thomas, professor of New Media at De Montfort U
2005: attended Transliteracies conference and has since built upon their research
Working Definition of Transliteracy
“the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and films, to digital social networks.”
Characteristics
Mapping meaning across different media, understanding ways various means of communication interact
Understanding, not necessarily teaching, the skills necessary to move effortlessly from one medium to another
Characteristics
Not about learning disparate literacies in isolation from one another but about the interaction among all these literacies
Characteristics
Because it is technology independent, it can be seen as an umbrella term that accommodates many other “literacies”
Sue Thomas: “a unifying ecology of not just media, but of all literacies relevant to reading, writing, interaction and culture”
Transliteracy at a Glance
Transliteracy at a Glance
Transliteracy at a Glance
A Brief History of Transliteracy
A Brief History of Transliteracy
Libraries and Transliteracy Blog, Feb 2010
A Brief History of Transliteracy
June 2010 LITA Interest Group approved
June 2011 “Why Transliteracy?” presentation at ALA Annual
Nov 2010, “Introducing Transliteracy: What Does It Mean to Academic Libraries?” CR&L News November 2010
Adoption in Libraries
Took off with school and public libraries
Within school and public evolved into 21st Century Literacies
Academic librarians reacted more to this than to the origins of transliteracy
Metaliteracy
Info Lit?
Descriptive: understanding
Lacking pedagogical imperative
The Takeaway
Pay attention to research outside of the library world