Cultural studies meets academic literacies: exploring students resources through symbolic objects

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dc.contributor.authorArcher, Arleneen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-29T08:33:26Z
dc.date.available2014-07-29T08:33:26Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Teaching in Higher Education on 26 Jun 2008, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13562510802169657.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper reflects on a first year communication project in a South African engineering foundation programme which attempted to bring a cultural studies perspective to the teaching of academic literacy practices. In the project, students identify everyday objects that have symbolic meanings and examine these in a range of physical, cultural and communicational contexts. These objects are seen as catalysts for enabling student narratives and understandings to emerge. Objects also become a way of exploring notions of culture and cultural practices in the classroom and the tensions between convention and change they often index. This paper focuses on a particular manifestation of this tension, in the form of a moralistic discourse, or a discourse of 'propriety'. The pedagogical implications of this kind of cultural studies project are explored, including the importance of opening up less regulated spaces to allow different competencies to be validated and, crucially, ways of framing and critiquing students' resources in order to harness these constructively.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationArcher, A. (2008). Cultural studies meets academic literacies: exploring students resources through symbolic objects. <i>Teaching in Higher Education</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3308en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationArcher, Arlene "Cultural studies meets academic literacies: exploring students resources through symbolic objects." <i>Teaching in Higher Education</i> (2008) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3308en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationArcher, A. 2008. Cultural studies meets academic literacies: exploring students resources through symbolic objects. Teaching in Higher Education.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1356-2517en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Archer, Arlene AB - This paper reflects on a first year communication project in a South African engineering foundation programme which attempted to bring a cultural studies perspective to the teaching of academic literacy practices. In the project, students identify everyday objects that have symbolic meanings and examine these in a range of physical, cultural and communicational contexts. These objects are seen as catalysts for enabling student narratives and understandings to emerge. Objects also become a way of exploring notions of culture and cultural practices in the classroom and the tensions between convention and change they often index. This paper focuses on a particular manifestation of this tension, in the form of a moralistic discourse, or a discourse of 'propriety'. The pedagogical implications of this kind of cultural studies project are explored, including the importance of opening up less regulated spaces to allow different competencies to be validated and, crucially, ways of framing and critiquing students' resources in order to harness these constructively. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Teaching in Higher Education LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 SM - 1356-2517 T1 - Cultural studies meets academic literacies: exploring students resources through symbolic objects TI - Cultural studies meets academic literacies: exploring students resources through symbolic objects UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3308 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/3308
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationArcher A. Cultural studies meets academic literacies: exploring students resources through symbolic objects. Teaching in Higher Education. 2008; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3308.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceTeaching in Higher Educationen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13562510802169657
dc.subject.othercultural studiesen_ZA
dc.subject.othersymbolic objectsen_ZA
dc.subject.othercultural practicesen_ZA
dc.subject.otheracademic literaciesen_ZA
dc.subject.othermultimodalityen_ZA
dc.titleCultural studies meets academic literacies: exploring students resources through symbolic objectsen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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