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Literary Space

The document discusses the concept of literacy as social practice based on the work of Bartlett and Holland. They define literacy practice as occurring when people engage in discourse, form ideas, or internalize cultural models, and read or write. Literacy reflects cultural and social environments, and there can be no literacy without social interaction and culture. To examine how literacy practice occurs, they provide vocabulary to describe figured worlds, artifacts, actors, and outcomes.

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Literary Space

The document discusses the concept of literacy as social practice based on the work of Bartlett and Holland. They define literacy practice as occurring when people engage in discourse, form ideas, or internalize cultural models, and read or write. Literacy reflects cultural and social environments, and there can be no literacy without social interaction and culture. To examine how literacy practice occurs, they provide vocabulary to describe figured worlds, artifacts, actors, and outcomes.

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Homework Response 2 - Theorizing the Space of Literacy Practices Date: ! "!

# $art%ett an& Ho%%an& come from the schoo% of tho'ght that (iew the concept of %iteracy as a (er)* Literacy is what yo' &o+ an& th's+ %iteracy is inherent%y %inke& to practice* To paraphrase their &efinition on pg 2+ %iteracy practice occ'rs when peop%e engage in &isco'rse+ form i&eas or interna%ize c'%t'ra% mo&e%s+ an& rea& or write* ,n other wor&s+ %iteracy is a)o't the formation of i&entity an& ref%ects o'r c'%t'ra% an& socia% en(ironment- there can )e no %iteracy witho't socia% interaction an& c'%t're* To e.amine how %iteracy practice occ'rs+ $art%ett an& Ho%%an& pro(i&e specific (oca)'%ary /i*e* fig're& wor%&s+ artifacts+ actors+ etc0* 1ig're& wor%&s are socia% an& c'%t'ra% settings with recogniza)%e ro%es+ artifacts+ actors+ an& o'tcomes* They are the spaces in which peop%e )ecome actors to in(ent an& transform themse%(es an& &efine their stat's to other peop%e* 2rtifacts are things with a set c'%t'ra% meaning- they can )e physica% o)3ects or a)stract i&eas so %ong as they represent something a)o't the c'%t're at %arge* 2rtifacts pro(i&e a way for the actors in fig're& wor%&s to reg'%ate actions+ tho'ghts+ an& fee%ings- they faci%itate change whi%e maintaining a person4s ha)it's /&isposition0 * ,n some cases+ peop%e might em)o&y artifacts to )ecome hy)ri& actors* 2n e.amp%e of this might )e how we categorize gro'ps of peop%e )ase& on what ro%es they ass'me /e.: teacher+ st'&ent0 with these ro%es /archetypes0 )eing artifacts that a%%ow 's to p%ace the in&i(i&'a% in a pre-esta)%ishe& c'%t'ra% conte.t* To e%a)orate+ one can think of the c%assroom as a fig're& wor%& in which actors ass'me the ro%es of teachers an& st'&ents* 2rtifacts s'ch as &esks+ gra&es+ an& a po&i'm &enote c'%t'ra% meaning that he%p esta)%ish the actors4 ro%es an& pro(i&e an o't%et for se%f contro%* 2n e.amp%e of this wo'%& )e raising one4s han& )efore speaking or getting goo& gra&es to impro(e one4s stan&ing in the c%ass* Then+ there might )e a &isco'rse s'ch as a %ect're+ which f'rther &isp%ays the actors4 socia% i&entities thro'gh what is simi%ar to a script* Th's+ a stan&ar& c%ass perio& is an e.amp%e of %iterary practice )eca'se it reaffirms or mo&ifies o'r i&entities an& a%%ow 's to work with c'%t'ra% i&eas an& (a%'es- this might inc%'&e the co'rse content+ the %ang'age an& &ia%ect 'se&+ share& perspecti(es on a gi(en iss'e+ an& other socia%%y accepte& )eha(ior* 2fter rea&ing+ three 5'estions came to min&* 1irst+ &oes this interpretation of %iteracy imp%y that a%% the wor%&4s a stage is a correct metaphor for &ai%y interactions+ an& that+ in a sense+ %ife imitates art6 Secon&+ &oes the connotation of e&'cate& in $razi% to mean ha(ing manners an& )eing socia)%e compare to what we ca%% street smarts in the 7nite& States6 Last+ how &o fig're& wor%&s change o(er time+ an& &o they themse%(es change a%ongsi&e the actors6

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