No goats in the mother city: using symbolic objects to help students talk about diversity and change

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dc.contributor.authorArcher, Arleneen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-29T17:33:24Z
dc.date.available2014-11-29T17:33:24Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis is the accepted version of the following article: Archer. A. 2007. 'No goats in the mother city': using Symbolic Objects to help students talk about diversity and change. English in Education. 41(1): 7-20. DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2007.tb00806.x., which has been published in final form at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-8845.2007.tb00806.x.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on a first year project in a South African engineering foundation programme which attempted to bring a cultural studies perspective to teaching academic literacy. Students identify and investigate everyday objects that have symbolic meanings in their communities. Objects are seen as catalysts for enabling student narratives to emerge, and are a way of exploring the tensions between convention and change in cultural practices. A project such as this breaks disciplinary frames, working across diverse contexts such as engineering and cultural studies. The aim is to begin to explore some of the complexities around 'development' in contexts of diversity and change, globalization and relocalization.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationArcher, A. (2007). No goats in the mother city: using symbolic objects to help students talk about diversity and change. <i>English in Education</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9831en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationArcher, Arlene "No goats in the mother city: using symbolic objects to help students talk about diversity and change." <i>English in Education</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9831en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationArcher, A. 2007. No goats in the mother city: using symbolic objects to help students talk about diversity and change. English in Education.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0425-0494en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Archer, Arlene AB - This paper reports on a first year project in a South African engineering foundation programme which attempted to bring a cultural studies perspective to teaching academic literacy. Students identify and investigate everyday objects that have symbolic meanings in their communities. Objects are seen as catalysts for enabling student narratives to emerge, and are a way of exploring the tensions between convention and change in cultural practices. A project such as this breaks disciplinary frames, working across diverse contexts such as engineering and cultural studies. The aim is to begin to explore some of the complexities around 'development' in contexts of diversity and change, globalization and relocalization. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - English in Education LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 SM - 0425-0494 T1 - No goats in the mother city: using symbolic objects to help students talk about diversity and change TI - No goats in the mother city: using symbolic objects to help students talk about diversity and change UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9831 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9831
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationArcher A. No goats in the mother city: using symbolic objects to help students talk about diversity and change. English in Education. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9831.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherWileyen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentAcademic Development Programme (ADP)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceEnglish in Educationen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-8845.2007.tb00806.xen_ZA
dc.titleNo goats in the mother city: using symbolic objects to help students talk about diversity and changeen_ZA
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