Quilts of authorship: A literature review of multimodal assemblage in the field of literacy education

Authors

  • Kari-Lynn Winters University of British Columbia

Keywords:

"Authorship as Assemblage", multimodal authorship, social semiotics, discursive positioning

Abstract

This literature review and narrative vignette draw on Social Symbolic Mediation, Social Semiotics, and Discursive Positioning theories to explore a theoretical model I call Authorship as Assemblage. Specifically, this paper challenges linear pathways to meaning-making by comparing authorship to quilt-making. Quilts afford unique arrangements of assemblage, including the capacity to embed, layer, interweave, and hybridize material. Here, I argue educators need to re-evaluate linear notions of literacy paths in today’s participatory culture.

Author Biography

Kari-Lynn Winters, University of British Columbia

Kari-Lynn is currently a graduate student at the University of British Columbia. She looks forward to starting her new appointment at Brock University in January as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education. Kari-Lynn is also an award-winning children's author.

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Published

2010-06-25

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Literature Review/Revue de la documentation