Kells – Mapping the Cultural Ecologies of Language and Literacy
Kells, Michelle Hall. “Mapping the Cultural Ecologies of Language and Literacy.” Cross-Language Relations in Composition. Eds. Horner, Bruce, Min-Zhan Lu and Paul Kei Matsuda. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2010. 204-11. Print. First K. recognizes that, in some senses, we’re all “transcultural citizens”; however, she then asks how we might actually map the cultural ecologies that shape language and literacy.... Read More
CCR711 – Hawisher et.al. – Becoming Literate in the Information Age
Hawisher, Gail E., et al. “Becoming Literate in the Information Age: Cultural Ecologies and the Literacies of Technology.” College Composition and Communication 55 4 (2004): 642-92. Print. On the broad view, this paper is a juxtaposition of two literacy narratives by individuals a generation apart. The authors use this generational gap to highlight the importance of situating literacies of technology acquisition in specific cultural,... Read More
GEO755 – Robbins, Peet & Watts
Robbins – Political Ecology Chapters 1 – 4 Chapter One: The Hatchet and the Seed This chapter serves as a general introduction to the field of political ecology. Recognizing that the nature-society divide is a Romantic mythologization of the West, the chapter introduced ontology as a complex web of environmental linkages between humans and the environment (5). The difference between political and apolitical ecology... Read More
