Bartlett and Holland Annotation/Revision
First Draft:
Citation: Bartlett, Lesley. Holland, Dorothy. Theorizing the Space of Literacy Practices. In Ways of Knowing Journal Vol 2 (pp. 10-22).Education Research Centre.
The initial point of the article is that Bartlett and Holland states is the education in Brazil, they use Brazil a starting point to reveal other concepts such as literacy practices. People who are literate in a specific subject begin to create their own identity in their figured world. The figured world has the similar concept of a discourse community where everybody has a common goal and contains the same interests in a certain area.
Once Bartlett and Holland had fleshed out their concepts they begin to extend their theory about literacy practices and show how social structure influences the figured world and the actors that reside within them. They show how the social world begins in the concept of literacy shamming where actors in a figured world are are lacking the knowledge to teach their kids about their figure world making them illiterate.
Revision:
Citation: Bartlett, Lesley. Holland, Dorothy. (2002). Theorizing the space of literacy practices. In Ways of Knowing Journal Vol 2 (pp. 10-22). Education Research Centre.
Bartlett and Holland’s article “Theorizing the Space of Literacy Practices” introduces their initial point on the education in Brazil. They use Brazil as a starting point to reveal other concepts such as literacy practices, artifacts, and the figured world. Literacy practices are ways of communication that people use to shape history, culture and politics. Examples of literacy practice that are used regularly in today’s world are texting and Facebook. People use these forms of literacy practice as a form of communication. Bartlett and Holland also stated that manners were a form of literacy practice that is considered important in many Countries, such as Brazil where knowing how to come and leave was a form of literacy. People who are literate are influenced by their environment, or figured world, and begin to create their own identity by adding significance to the figured world they are associated with. The figured world has the similar concept of a discourse community where everybody has a common goal and contains the same interests in a certain area. However, figured worlds differ because it pertains to a society as a whole while discourse communities refers to a group within the figured world that has common interest, expertise in a specific area and/or special ways of communicating to one another. Discourse communities also pertain to the group that adds significance and meaning to a specific figured world.
Furthermore, Bartlett and Holland brings up two other terms that helps add to the significance to the figured world. People that are defined in the figured world are called actors, which Bartlett and Holland state are people who populate the figured world and do meaningful acts in it. An actor also creates their own identity in the figured world because they sometimes will change the situation in a figured world. The other term that helps the figured world would be artifacts. Artifacts are products of human activity that helps create something sociable and meaningful in the figured world. For example a textbook or a blackboard are artifacts that gives meaning to a classroom typed figured world.
Once Bartlett and Holland had fleshed out their concepts they begin to extend Bourdieu’s theory. Bourdieu’s original theory explained that social structures influences actors that resides in the figured world and also affects their practices. This brings up a new concept that is called Habitus, meaning how actors act in a certain way in socially or historically produced society. Bartlett and Holland extended the theory by adding the importance of culturally artifacts that influence actors. They show how the social world begins in the concept of literacy shamming where actors in a figured world are lacking the knowledge to teach their kids about their figure world making them illiterate. Bartlett and Holland state that they are not just illiterate in the basic practices of simple reading and writing, but also speaking in their own native tongue. For example Holland and Bartlett mentions a girl named Maria who faced literacy shaming because she couldn’t speak Portuguese correctly, so she was looked own upon by the wealthy. However, they show the extension of Bourdieu’s theory by showing that even though some people could not read or write in their native language they were influenced by the culture and pretended to be literate by showing their knowledge of how to act in that culture.
Citation: Bartlett, Lesley. Holland, Dorothy. Theorizing the Space of Literacy Practices. In Ways of Knowing Journal Vol 2 (pp. 10-22).Education Research Centre.
The initial point of the article is that Bartlett and Holland states is the education in Brazil, they use Brazil a starting point to reveal other concepts such as literacy practices. People who are literate in a specific subject begin to create their own identity in their figured world. The figured world has the similar concept of a discourse community where everybody has a common goal and contains the same interests in a certain area.
Once Bartlett and Holland had fleshed out their concepts they begin to extend their theory about literacy practices and show how social structure influences the figured world and the actors that reside within them. They show how the social world begins in the concept of literacy shamming where actors in a figured world are are lacking the knowledge to teach their kids about their figure world making them illiterate.
Revision:
Citation: Bartlett, Lesley. Holland, Dorothy. (2002). Theorizing the space of literacy practices. In Ways of Knowing Journal Vol 2 (pp. 10-22). Education Research Centre.
Bartlett and Holland’s article “Theorizing the Space of Literacy Practices” introduces their initial point on the education in Brazil. They use Brazil as a starting point to reveal other concepts such as literacy practices, artifacts, and the figured world. Literacy practices are ways of communication that people use to shape history, culture and politics. Examples of literacy practice that are used regularly in today’s world are texting and Facebook. People use these forms of literacy practice as a form of communication. Bartlett and Holland also stated that manners were a form of literacy practice that is considered important in many Countries, such as Brazil where knowing how to come and leave was a form of literacy. People who are literate are influenced by their environment, or figured world, and begin to create their own identity by adding significance to the figured world they are associated with. The figured world has the similar concept of a discourse community where everybody has a common goal and contains the same interests in a certain area. However, figured worlds differ because it pertains to a society as a whole while discourse communities refers to a group within the figured world that has common interest, expertise in a specific area and/or special ways of communicating to one another. Discourse communities also pertain to the group that adds significance and meaning to a specific figured world.
Furthermore, Bartlett and Holland brings up two other terms that helps add to the significance to the figured world. People that are defined in the figured world are called actors, which Bartlett and Holland state are people who populate the figured world and do meaningful acts in it. An actor also creates their own identity in the figured world because they sometimes will change the situation in a figured world. The other term that helps the figured world would be artifacts. Artifacts are products of human activity that helps create something sociable and meaningful in the figured world. For example a textbook or a blackboard are artifacts that gives meaning to a classroom typed figured world.
Once Bartlett and Holland had fleshed out their concepts they begin to extend Bourdieu’s theory. Bourdieu’s original theory explained that social structures influences actors that resides in the figured world and also affects their practices. This brings up a new concept that is called Habitus, meaning how actors act in a certain way in socially or historically produced society. Bartlett and Holland extended the theory by adding the importance of culturally artifacts that influence actors. They show how the social world begins in the concept of literacy shamming where actors in a figured world are lacking the knowledge to teach their kids about their figure world making them illiterate. Bartlett and Holland state that they are not just illiterate in the basic practices of simple reading and writing, but also speaking in their own native tongue. For example Holland and Bartlett mentions a girl named Maria who faced literacy shaming because she couldn’t speak Portuguese correctly, so she was looked own upon by the wealthy. However, they show the extension of Bourdieu’s theory by showing that even though some people could not read or write in their native language they were influenced by the culture and pretended to be literate by showing their knowledge of how to act in that culture.