4. [Practices are] forms of
bodily activities, forms of
mental activities, „things‟
and their use, a background
knowledge in the form of
understanding, know how,
states of emotion and
motivational knowledge.
- Reckwitz, 2002: 254
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6. …Practice always refers to socially developed
and patterned ways of using technology and
knowledge to accomplish tasks….
[Skills] refer to the coordinated sets of actions
involved in applying this knowledge in
particular settings.
[T]asks that humans engage in constitute a
social practice when they are directed to
socially recognized goals and make use of a
shared technology and knowledge system.
- Scribner & Cole, 1981: 36
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7. Literacy is
a set of socially organized
practices which make use
of a symbol system and a
technology for producing
and disseminating it .
- Scribner & Cole, 1981: 236
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14. Tools
• Windows “Movie Maker” (& Sony Vegas)
• Software for ripping songtracks from CDs
• Software for ripping video from DVDs
• Online services for converting video clip file
formats
• Interest-space profile pages (AMV.org, YouTube)
• Etc.
15. Skills
• Developing a new AMV
• Locating and downloading anime clips
• Being able to convert file formats
• Using video effects to further a storyline
• Using transition effects
• Superimposing still images over moving ones
• Using color shifts to convey mood
• Syncing video action and music lyrics and/or
beat
• Experimenting with masking
• Etc.
17. Knowledge
• Being an AMV remixer
• Attending to what makes a “good” AMV
• Responding to comments and providing
feedback to others (AMV.org, YouTube)
• Making “action” and “drama” AMVs
• Paying attention to other anime fans and their
knowledge and passions
– Spoiler alerts
– “fan service”
– “yaoi-esque” endings
18.
19. (Relatively) Unobservable
“Well I hope you all enjoy it. Please
please PLEASE leave an opinion.”
“i spent a good amount of time on
this vid. and i really put alot of heart
into this one”
21. Classrooms and a social
practice conception of literacy
• The Pareto Principle (Shirky 2007; Gee 2013)
• Attending to richly descriptive case studies
(cf., Black 2008; Chen 2012; Thomas 2007;
Leander and Mills, 2007; Burn, 2009; for
more, see Lankshear and Knobel, 2014)
22. It’s no small thing to take on a
particular conception of literacy.