(Re)Placing the Literacy Narrative: Composing in Google Maps

Authors

  • Michael C. Pennell University of Kentucky

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21623/1.2.2.4

Keywords:

mapping literacy narrative, literacy sponsors digital composing

Abstract

This article relies on maps created by students in Google Maps as they explored their literacy sponsors, in an effort to question and explore the future of the traditional literacy narrative. By focusing on the “trade routes” of their literacy acquisition, the students produced digital maps that problematized the linear narrative of progress inherent in many literacy narratives. Excerpts from students’ maps illustrate the temporal and spatial relationships underlying literacy sponsorship.

Author Biography

Michael C. Pennell, University of Kentucky

Michael Pennell is an Associate Professor in the Division of Instructional Communication and Research at the University of Kentucky. His areas of interest include digital communication technologies, research methods, and food studies.

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Published

2014-11-24

How to Cite

Pennell, M. C. (2014). (Re)Placing the Literacy Narrative: Composing in Google Maps. Literacy in Composition Studies, 2(2), 44–65. https://doi.org/10.21623/1.2.2.4

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2014)

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 2014 Michael C. Pennell

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