In honour of World Literacy Day, the Online Library is sharing a few books that reflect the many different meanings of the term literacy and how it has developed in our very short modern history.
"Literacy for Digital Futures" by Kathy A. Mills, Len Unsworth, Laura Scholes
The onset of AI comes hot on the tails of all other technological innovations that are affecting how we read, write and communicate. The need to keep developing critical thinking and incorporate new forms of literacy in the digital age is a global issue. Mills Unsworth, and Scholes dive deep and try to bring sense to this everchanging topic.
“Old East Slavic Birch-Bark Literacy – a History of Linguistic Emancipation?” by Imka Mendoza
A fascinating read on how literacy even in the earliest of times made a big impact on the modern world. The use of language and literacy has established cultural identities, promoted nationalism and has morphed into a form of shared global communal unconscious. Mendoza's book on birch bark literacy is full of astounding facts and takes viewers to a time not that long ago in human cultural development to clearly see where we now stand as a society.
Covering a range of topics including African American and Latinx Women's literacy and writing habits, Indigenous students' cultural literacies and incarcerated father's literacy practices. This broad academic work reflects how cultural, racial, and gender identities are viewed in current educational and sociocultural climates.
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