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Inge Kral - Talk, Text and Technology - 9781847697585 - V9781847697585
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Talk, Text and Technology

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Description for Talk, Text and Technology Paperback. This is an ethnography of language, learning and literacy in remote Indigenous Australia. It traces one group from the introduction of alphabetic literacy to the arrival of digital literacies. It examines social, cultural and linguistic practices across the generations and addresses the implications for language and literacy socialisation. Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 208 x 28. Weight in Grams: 450.

Talk, Text and Technology is an ethnographic exploration of language, learning and literacy in remote Indigenous Australia. This unique work traces the historical transformation of one Indigenous group across four generations. The manner in which each generation adopts, adapts and incorporates new innovations and technologies into social practice and cultural processes is illuminated - from first mission contact and the introduction of literacy in the 1930s to youth media practices today. This book examines social, cultural and linguistic practices and addresses the implications for language and literacy socialisation.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Critical Language and Literacy Studies
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847697585
SKU
V9781847697585
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Inge Kral
Inge Kral is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at The Australian National University. Her work as an educator and researcher in Indigenous Australia for nearly three decades has ranged across literacy, applied linguistics, anthropology and new media.

Reviews for Talk, Text and Technology
Kral claims in her book to try to 'counter sweeping generalisations about youth, social practices, the development of literacy and the cultural and historical production of literate identities in one remote Aboriginal setting'. She does this very well. Her work has implications for how we think about literacy, literate subjects, literacy as social and cultural practice and change. It is ... Read more

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