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The scrumpled geography of literacy

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Edwards R (2008) The scrumpled geography of literacy. In: Proceedings from the SCUTREA 38th Annual Conference. 38th Annual SCUTREA Conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 02.07.2008-04.07.2008. Edinburgh: SCUTREA. http://www.scutrea.ac.uk

Abstract
Drawing upon the experience of the Literacies for Learning in Further Education research project in the UK, this paper explores the attempt to identify and conceptualise those ‘border literacies’ which may act as resources for learning and attainment for adults within their college courses. This paper outlines, drawing upon actor-network theory, the conceptual innovations that we found necessary arising from our data analysis, extending existing work on situating practice and boundary crossing to posit a conceptual landscape that we term the ‘scrumpled geography’ of literacy.

Keywords
Literacy practices; Actor-network theory; Deleuze; Situated practices; Boundary crossing; Further education; Formal learning; Everyday learning; Border literacies

StatusPublished
Publication date31/12/2008
Publication date online31/12/2008
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/557
PublisherSCUTREA
Publisher URLhttp://www.scutrea.ac.uk
Place of publicationEdinburgh
Conference38th Annual SCUTREA Conference
Conference locationUniversity of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
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Professor Richard Edwards

Professor Richard Edwards

Emeritus Professor, Education