Pre-modern Scriptures in Postmodern Times

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 293-315
Author(s):  
Diana Walsh Pasulka
Keyword(s):  
Martin Heidegger ◽  
Religious Thought ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Localized Analysis ◽  
Crisis Of Modernity ◽  
Paul Griffiths

A contemporary movement in Christian religious thought advocates for the recovery of pre-modern exegetical practices. Wesley Kort, Paul Griffiths, and Catherine Pickstock are among several theorists who support a return to pre-modern reading and writing practices as an answer to the crisis of modernity. In the context of scripture studies, the works of Kort, Griffiths, and Pickstock can be understood as examples of analyses that focus on the performative elements of scripture. Their stress on memorization, recitation, and reading reflect the influence of studies of the performative function of scriptures by Wilfred Cantwell Smith and William Graham. Kort, Griffiths, and Pickstock take this line of argument even further, by arguing that is it the very loss of scripture as performance that has inaugurated a loss of the sacred in modernity. This development thus tackles the philosophical issues at stake between secularism and theology and moves beyond the localized analysis of the meaning of specific scriptures. The following analysis places this development in an historical and philosophical context by revealing the theoretical precedents that each scholar draws upon, specifically the later writings of Martin Heidegger.

Inscriptions and Literacy

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Bodel
Keyword(s):  
Archaic Period ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Roman World ◽  
Difficult Question ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Methodological Problems

The study of ancient reading and writing practices must begin with inscriptions. This chapter charts the recent debates about the concept of literacy in the Roman world. Setting out from the archaic period, it shows how inscriptions have a key role to play in any assessment of the difficult question of levels of literacy, while at the same time highlighting some of the methodological problems involved in such enquiries. The chapter concludes with a brief exploration of topics ripe for further study .

scholarly journals Appropriation: Towards a Sociotechnical History of Authorship

Authorship ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriaan Van der Weel
Keyword(s):  
Western World ◽  
History Of Reading ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Writing Technologies ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Concept Definition ◽  
Public Consumption ◽  
History Of ◽  
Literate Culture ◽  
Radical Revision

The evolution of our literate culture across the millennia has been marked by clearly identified and well-documented milestones in the history of reading and writing technologies. Changes in literacy, understood as the sum of reading and writing practices, have always followed such milestones at some remove. Not only are they much more diffuse in character and much harder to identify and describe, but they stand in a tenuous cause-and-effect relationship to the technologies in question. This article makes a plea for a stronger awareness of the effects of technology on our literate culture. Reading has always received a fair amount of attention (with the history of reading being a prominent subdiscipline of the field of book studies), but it should be recognized that its corollary, authorship, is a central, and, as digital technology is becoming ubiquitous—at least in the Western world—, increasingly important part of our literate culture, too. With Web 2.0 technology enabling more people than ever in history to write for public or at least semi-public consumption, the concept, definition and status of authorship is in need of radical revision.

scholarly journals Growing Up Burney

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna Clark
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Original Compositions ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Frances Burney ◽  
Family Identity ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
The Family

The pressure of family identity and politics affected more than one generation of Burneys. Beyond Frances Burney, and her intense relationship with her father Charles Burney, were other family members who also felt the pressure to “write & read & be literary.” These tendencies can be seen most clearly in the works of juvenilia preserved in the family archive. A commonplace book bound in vellum has been discovered that preserves more than one hundred poems, mostly original compositions written by family and friends. The activity of commonplacing reflects a community in which reading and writing are valued. Collected by the youngest sister of Frances Burney, they seem to have been copied after she married. The juvenile writings of her nieces and nephews preponderate, whose talents were encouraged, as they give versified expression to their deepest feelings and fears. Literary influences of the Romantic poets can be traced, as the young authors define themselves in relation to these materials. Reflecting a kind of self-fashioning, the commonplace book helps these young writers explore their sense of family identity through literary form. This compilation represents a collective expression of authorship which can inform us about reading and writing practices of women and their families in the eighteenth century.

scholarly journals The Correlation between Students’ Performance in Integrated Exercises and Their Academic Achievements in English Course for Non-English Department

E-Structural ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (02) ◽  
pp. 82-96
Author(s):  
Qorinta Shinta
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
Writing Scores ◽  
Writing Exercises

Abstract. The English Course in Public Health Faculty of Diponegoro University is expected to develop the reading skills of the students through various exercises. However, its main goal is to help students identify simple, complex and compound sentences and how to organize them into good paragraphs. As in the Faculty of Public Health, the English Course is only given once in the first Semester, the exercises in each of the lesson is very compact which consists of Reading Text, Comprehension Questions, Word Study, Grammar and Usage, and Writing, in short these are called integrated exercised. Some students did very well on the exercises while others did not. The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between the students’ performance in integrated exercises and their academic achievements of Diponegoro University Students majoring in Public Health who took English Course. The academic achievements in this study refer to their Mid-Term test Scores. Method of the Study: in the study of Diponegoro University Freshmen majoring in Public Health, a descriptive qualitative method was used to determine whether or not there is a correlation between reading and writing exercises and their academic achievements. The instruments used are the scores of 3 taken from exercises in unit 1, 2 and 3 and 1 Mid-Term test. The population of this research is 73 Public Health students of Diponegoro University taking English 1 Course. The data analysis result shows that Sig score is 0,000 < 0,05 therefore Ho is declined and Ha is accepted, which means there is a correlation between reading and writing practices scores and mid test scores 0.403 which is positive. Therefore, it can be concluded that the higher their writing scores are, the higher mid test scores will be.Key words: correlation, English course, integrated exercises, mid-term testAbstrak.  Mata kuliah Bahasa Inggris di Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat diharapkan mampu mengembangkan ketrampilan membaca mahasiswa memalui berbagai Latihan soal-soal. Namun, tujuan utama dari mata kuliah ini adalah membantu para mahasiswa menindentifikasi kalimat – kalimat sederhana, kompleks dan majemuk serta bagaimana membentuk kalimat – kalimat tersebut dalam bentuk paragraph. Karena mata kuliah Bahasa Inggris hanya disajikan satu kali, maka latihan-latihan soal pada setiap unit dibuat sangat padat yang terdiri dari Teks Bacaan, Pertanyaan tentang bacaan, Kosakata, Grammar dan fungsinya, serta Latihan writing. Ada mahasiswa yang bisa mengerjakan Latihan soal dengan sangat baik tetapi ada juga yang kesulitan. Tujuan dari peneltian ini adalah untuk melihat korelasi antara Nilai dari Latihan soal reading dan writing serta prestasi akademik dari Mahasiwa baru Universitas Diponegoro jurusan Kesehatan Masyarakat. Prestasi akademik dalam hal ini adalah nilai Mid-term test mereka. Dalam penelitian pada mahasiswa baru Universitas Diponegoro jurusan Kesehatan Masyarakat, digunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif untuk menetukan apakah ada atau tidak ada korelasi antara Latihan soal reading dan writing dengan prestasi akademik mereka. Instrumen yang digunakan pada penelitian ini  adalah 3 nilai yang diambil dari 3 latihan soal Unit 1, 2 dan 3. Jumlah populasi adalah 73 Mahasiswa Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Diponegoro yang mengambil mata kuliah Bahasa Inggris 1. Hasil dari data analisis menunjukkan bahwa nilai Sig  0,000 < 0,05  sehingga Ho ditolak dan Ha diterima, yang berarti ada korelasi antara nilai Latihan writing dengan nilai ujian tengah semester 0.403 positif. Sehingga bisa disimpulkan bahwa semakin tinggi nilai mereka pada Latihan writing akan semakin tinggi juga nilai mereka dalam Ujian Tengah Semester.Kata kunci: korelasi, mata kuliah bahasa Inggris, nilai latihan soal terpadu, nilai Ujian Tengah Semester

Meanings of literacy in the intersection of religious and secular practices: examining local and global changes in a Brazilian bairro

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (259) ◽  
pp. 107-131
Author(s):  
Maria Lúcia Castanheira ◽  
Brian V. Street
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Literacy Studies ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Evangelical Churches ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
Belo Horizonte

Abstract This article contrasts data from two ethnographic studies carried out at different points in time with working class families in Trombetas, a bairro on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The first study was conducted from 1988 to 1991, and the second in 2009. We develop two main themes: (1) the changing meanings of literacy in relation to the shift from Catholicism to Neo-Pentecostalism; and (2) the growing use of new technologies and multimodal means of communication in association with religious secular and commercial practices. For the first theme, we employ the notion of indexicality as a way of analyzing the changes taking place in this context. We point to the significant presence of Evangelical churches in Trombetas in 2009, and to the specific ways in which the reading and writing practices of some members of two families were bound up with religious beliefs and identities. In addressing the second theme, we draw attention to the meanings associated with the new technologies and the multimodal resources drawn upon by different family members in 2009. The article foregrounds the advantages that accrue from adopting a Literacy Studies perspective – one that focuses on the ways in which research participants, of different generations, actively pursue their own purposes (religious, secular or commercial), drawing on the modes of communication available to them and one that reveals the diversity and complexity of actual practices on the ground in local settings such as that of Trombetas.

scholarly journals Literacy, Learning and Health – A social practices view of health literacy

2009 ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uta Papen
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
North West ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
The North ◽  
Speakers Of Other Languages

In this paper, I use a social practices view of literacy to challenge dominant conceptions of health literacy. Health literacy is frequently defined as an abstract skill that can be measured through individual performance tests. The concept of health literacy as a skill neglects the contextual nature of reading and writing in health care settings. It risks ignoring the many ways in which patients access and comprehend health information, make sense of their experience and the resources they draw on. The paper presents findings from a study of forty five literacy and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students’ health-related reading and writing practices in the north-west of England. I suggest that health literacy needs to be understood as a situated social practice and that it is a shared resource frequently achieved collectively by groups of people, for example families. I conclude with some reflections on the implications of my research for adult education practice.

scholarly journals A relevância das práticas de leitura e escrita na formação do sujeito inserido na educação de jovens e adultos: um estudo de caso

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-182
Author(s):  
Cristiane Schmidt ◽  
Maria Carolina Brustolin
Keyword(s):  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
West Region ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Study Case ◽  
Permanent Formation

A formação permanente do ser humano tem sido tema de vários debates na área da educação, visando sua interação na sociedade marcada pela diversidade sociocultural e linguística e pelo aprendizado permanente, independente da sua idade cronológica. Considerando isso, a questão orientadora deste estudo busca investigar como estão sendo abordadas na modalidade da Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA) as práticas de leitura e escrita. Ao mesmo tempo, o artigo tem por finalidade compreender a relevância dessas práticas na formação desses alunos na perspectiva da Educação Permanente. Como referencial teórico, destacam-se as pesquisas de Freire (1982;1983), Antunes (2010) e Soares (2001; 2003). Para tanto, a metodologia vale-se da abordagem qualitativa, com base num estudo de caso, especificamente, as análises voltam-se para uma escola localizada no município de Cascavel, situado na região oeste paranaense. Os resultados apontam que as práticas de leitura e escrita assumem uma dimensão de grande importância na formação e inserção destes sujeitos na sociedade. Palavras-chave: Práticas de leitura e escrita. Educação de Jovens e Adultos. Estudo de caso.  ABSTRACT The permanent formation of the human being has been an issue of several debates in the field of education aiming at one´s interaction with society, which is characterized by sociocultural and linguistic diversity and by the permanent learning, no matter the age group. Considering that, the main idea of this study is to investigate how the reading and writing practices are being approached in the modality of Young and Adults Education. At the same time, the article has as its aim to understand the relevance of these practices in the formation of these students in the perspective of Permanent Education. As theoretical background, we highlight the researches of Freire (1982,1983), Antunes (2010) and Soares (2001,2003). For that, the methodology is built on the qualitative approach based on a case study and the analysis are specifically carried out in the district of Cascavel, situated in the West region of the state of Paraná. The results point out that the reading and writing practices assume a dimension of great importance in the formation and insertion of these subjects in society. Keywords: Reading and writing practices. Young and Adults Education. Study case. 

Spatial conceptualization of sequence time in language and gesture

Gesture ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kawai Chui
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Chinese Characters ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Context Of Use

Abstract The study investigates the consistency and divergence between language and gesture in the expression of spatial orientations in the metaphorical conceptualization of sequence time, and the influence of the diversity in the reading and writing practices used in Taiwan on the spatialization of earlier and later events across modalities. The study was based on Chinese conversational data in face-to-face communication. The spontaneous gestures occurring along with speech reveal real-time metaphorical conceptualization in the context of use. It was found that the spatial orientations that are consistent between the two modalities bear out the online activation of the universal front-back and the culture-specific up-down concepts in the source domains. When speech and gesture are not redundant, the divergence reflects the more complex temporal spatialization involving two timelines or different orientations on the same timeline. The most preferred cross-modal combination of two timelines is the co-occurrence of lateral gestures and the front-back spatial words. Finally, the two different directions in which Chinese characters can be read and written were found to affect people’s conceptualization of the earlier or later event as being rightward or leftward.

Facilitating Meaningful Reading and Writing Practices in Urban Schools through Student-Generated Literacy Initiatives

2017 ◽  
pp. 255-273
Author(s):  
Anne Katz
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
School Students ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Title I School ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Summer Reading ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Pen Pal ◽  
The University

The Teens for Literacy program at a Title I school in downtown Savannah provides a forum for students to empower their peers and their community regarding the importance of literacy. Over the past four years, the author has had the honor of serving as faculty advisor for the project, which is a partnership between the university and school. The author collaborates with school counselors, the librarian, the Instructional Coordinator, and the principal to facilitate the initiative. A leadership team of thirteen middle school students in grades 6-8 generates ideas for promoting literacy among their peers. Student leaders have produced multiple editions of school-wide newspapers with topics they have selected; composed play vignettes spotlighting the importance of reading and writing; launched a blog with book reviews to promote summer reading among the student body; introduced a local Children's Book Festival author to the school community; established a pen pal exchange with students in Haiti; and inaugurated a school-wide poetry initiative, among other initiatives. As the year evolves, university undergraduate and graduate students are invited to serve as volunteers/mentors for various literacy projects. A Shadowing Day is held on the college campus each spring to introduce students to collegiate life.

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