« Chaque objet raconte une histoire »Les pratiques de littératie chez des Inuit en milieu urbain

The text explores the concept of “literacy of mobility” and looks at urban Inuit in Ottawa/Canada as a case study of a trans-national indigenous community. The text illuminates literacy practices generated by the Inuit community in the context of an Inuit community centre, the Ottawa Inuit Children...

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Main Authors: Donna Patrick, Gabriele Budach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ACEDLE 2018-09-01
Series:Recherches en didactique des langues et des cultures
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rdlc/2745
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description The text explores the concept of “literacy of mobility” and looks at urban Inuit in Ottawa/Canada as a case study of a trans-national indigenous community. The text illuminates literacy practices generated by the Inuit community in the context of an Inuit community centre, the Ottawa Inuit Children Centre (OICC). The study examines in particular the role of objects in interactions which are embedded in literacy practices, and investigates their potential for retracing migrant trajectories and connecting different institutional and life worlds. This study contributes to the field of New Literacy Studies and presents a novel approach into understanding the processes of migration and locally generated literacy practices. Focusing on Urban Inuit, this study examines an indigenous community whose cultural foundation differs from many Western cultures. This poses questions for what counts as literacy.
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« Chaque objet raconte une histoire »Les pratiques de littératie chez des Inuit en milieu urbain
Recherches en didactique des langues et des cultures
multimodality
indigeneity
trans-national migration
multiliteracies
title « Chaque objet raconte une histoire »Les pratiques de littératie chez des Inuit en milieu urbain
title_full « Chaque objet raconte une histoire »Les pratiques de littératie chez des Inuit en milieu urbain
title_fullStr « Chaque objet raconte une histoire »Les pratiques de littératie chez des Inuit en milieu urbain
title_full_unstemmed « Chaque objet raconte une histoire »Les pratiques de littératie chez des Inuit en milieu urbain
title_short « Chaque objet raconte une histoire »Les pratiques de littératie chez des Inuit en milieu urbain
title_sort chaque objet raconte une histoire les pratiques de litteratie chez des inuit en milieu urbain
topic multimodality
indigeneity
trans-national migration
multiliteracies
url https://journals.openedition.org/rdlc/2745
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