John Trimbur
Biographic Data
| ID | 208195 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Trimbur |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Trimbur |
| SIGNATURE | TRIMBUR J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emerson College Massachusetts |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Grassroots Literacy and the Written Record
Grassroots Literacy and the Written Record
Questions about the relationships among language and other semiotic resources (such as image, fi lm/video, sound) and knowledge production, participation and distribution are increasingly coming to the fore in the context of debates about globalization, multilingualism and new technologies. Much of the existing work published on knowledge production has focused on formal academic/scientifi c knowledge; this knowledge is beginning to be produced a…
Grassroots literacy and the written record
This article uses two key terms - 'grassroots literacy' and the 'written record' - to examine writing produced by the Asbestos Interest Group (AIG), a community organization in Kuruman, South Africa. The article considers the formation of theAIG's grassroots literacy in terms of the unequal distribution of semiotic resources in a stratified world system, with particular attention to how the allotment of the means of representation enables and con…
Opinion
Arguing against the emphasis of traditional U.S. composition classes on linguistically homogeneous situations, the authors contend that this focus is at odds with actual language use today. They call for a translingual approach, which they define as seeing difference in language not as a barrier to overcome or as a problem to manage, but as a resource for producing meaning in writing, speaking, reading, and listening.
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Opinion
Arguing against the emphasis of traditional U.S. composition classes on linguistically homogeneous situations, the authors contend that this focus is at odds with actual language use today. They call for a translingual approach, which they define as seeing difference in language not as a barrier to overcome or as a problem to manage, but as a resource for producing meaning in writing, speaking, reading, and listening.
Grassroots literacy and the written record
This article uses two key terms - 'grassroots literacy' and the 'written record' - to examine writing produced by the Asbestos Interest Group (AIG), a community organization in Kuruman, South Africa. The article considers the formation of theAIG's grassroots literacy in terms of the unequal distribution of semiotic resources in a stratified world system, with particular attention to how the allotment of the means of representation enables and con…
Grassroots Literacy and the Written Record
Grassroots Literacy and the Written Record
Questions about the relationships among language and other semiotic resources (such as image, fi lm/video, sound) and knowledge production, participation and distribution are increasingly coming to the fore in the context of debates about globalization, multilingualism and new technologies. Much of the existing work published on knowledge production has focused on formal academic/scientifi c knowledge; this knowledge is beginning to be produced a…
Sociology (3 works) · Africa (2 works) · Asbestos (2 works) · Evidence, documentary (2 works) · Grassroots (2 works) · Language and languages (2 works) · Languages (2 works) · law and legislation (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literacy (2 works)