In this unit, students will also be asked to critically evaluate and relate these texts, which cover topics from historical periods to the present, to their own current reading practices. To address questions about the future of Literacy Studies, this chapter first gives a brief overview of some of the theoretical framing provided by Literacy Studies and then reviews the evidence from detailed ethnographic studies of literacy in different contexts, from research carried out at Lancaster in England and more broadly. Disobedient Practices: Textual Multiplicity in Medieval and Golden age Spain Publishers Synopsis Book information Sign up to receive wonderful books and. Its focus is the study of literary essays, which have been widely disseminated in public culture, and to understand how these examples of literary writing address both public and private spheres of influence in historical and contemporary textual practices. It is designed to integrate, synthesise and refine the reading, writing, knowledge and skills students have acquired across the multiple and diverse topics within their study of English. The.This unit aims to connect students’ critical and analytical thinking with textual encounters both within and beyond the contexts of academic university research. Such positivity might then translate into a classroom environment where professors who enjoy teaching create a ripple effect in their students, who in turn feel valued by and connected to their instructor.
Their redefinition of academic pursuit implies a revisioning of the traditional idea of time, whereby "time to do nothing" does not imply wasted time, but rather a space that allows for creativity and playfulness. Berg and Seeber bemoan days spent taking care of administrative tasks -such as emailing, record keeping, or mastering a new technological advancement-instead of being a "Slow Professor" an academic who takes time "for reflection and open-ended inquiry," research, and thesis development within a library environment. Toward this end, the nine papers collected here address both the presence of violence within the authoritative. This volume analyzes the various and overlapping discourses of religious violence that emerged within Jewish and Christian culture in the Roman world. The authors argue that power in academic circles has shifted from faculty to administrators in pursuit of a competitive bottom line for the institution. Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity. Seeber propose a "counteridentity" for academics whose achievements are being measured and rewarded by their outputs and tangential contributions to research at the expense of intellectual development and community engagement. Who Needs Books? Reading in the Digital Age.įacing an increasingly corporate-and some would argue depersonalized-university world, English professors Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Contemporary academic engagement, textual practices and the related notion of ‘digital literacies’ are theorized and imagined in a range of complex and contradictory ways in Higher Education research, policy and practice, leading to a situation where the day-to-day practices of reading and writing in digital contexts may be lost from view.
The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy. This project focuses on the practices of knowledge and the textual practices of seven Jewish authors who developed distinctive modes of writing about the.
Revisioning Academia and Textual Practices