Dear colleagues,
This is a reminder of the 31st July deadline for proposed contributions to
an edited volume on putting academic literacies into practice.
Best wishes,
Kathy Harrington
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FINAL CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO AN EDITED COLLECTION
WORKING WITH ACADEMIC LITERACIES: RESEARCH, THEORY, DESIGN
EDITED BY THERESA LILLIS, KATHY HARRINGTON, MARY LEA AND SALLY MITCHELL
This will be in the series Studies in Writing, editor Gert Rijlaarsdam
http://www.springer.com/series/6604?detailsPage=titles (former publisher),
and http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/books/series.htm?id=1572-6304
(current publisher).
The aim of this edited collection is to outline what an Academic
Literacies approach (research and theory) offers to the teaching, learning
and uses of academic writing through theoretical based discussion and
examples of practice. A key goal of the book is to outline and illustrate
how the ‘transformative ‘ approach adopted in Academic Literacies research
can feed into practice. Practice here is understood as teaching, learning,
curriculum development and staff development but also academic writing for
publication and for other uses, such as the development of policy. Key
questions the book will seek to address are: How can the transformative
agenda in Academic Literacies theorising be instantiated in these kinds of
practice(s)? What does working with Academic Literacies mean ‘in
practice’?
We are interested in including a wide range of text types - including
chapters, reports and innovative genres- of different lengths, and in
receiving contributions from researchers and practitioners from around the
world, working with conventional texts and modes, and/or/alongside digital
media. One possibility is that authors could develop their contribution to
the book as an aspect of an ongoing practice-based project, with the
contribution to the book reflecting this. The aim here would be to capture
the dynamic nature of a practice/writing relationship in contrast with
reporting upon work that has already been completed.The book will be in
English but we are interested in including work which reports on work
carried out in other languages. We are also interested in considering how
multilingualism may figure in examples of transformative practice, and
therefore anticipate languages in addition to English being included as
part of discussions/data etc..
We are planning on holding a one day workshop for all contributors in the
autumn of 2011 in order to finalise the overall shape of the collection.
We anticipate a final submission date of June 2012.
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSED CONTRIBUTIONS JULY 30 2011 – SEE BELOW
Send to: [log in to unmask] Mark your email subject line Ac
Lits.
You will receive a response from the editorial team by end of September 2011.
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Name of authors:
Main contact details:
Overview of proposed contribution (400 words) - please include details of
content, proposed length and the text type in which it would be written.
Dr Kathy Harrington
London Metropolitan University
020 7320 2254
www.writenow.ac.uk
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