As observed by the London Group in this week’s readings, the idea of literacy often centres on language alone and carries a certain authoritarian pedagogy where other modes of representation are sometimes ignored. The context of the tools in my bag from task #1 evoke a certain natural environment where meaning can be made quite clearly through sound. I’d go further and say that in the “wild” environment of the natural world, visual and audio representation can be more powerful.
The items in my bag gave some insight into my character, and when considered together as a unit, they tell the story of a specific place where I am very comfortable. I opted to use no oral explanation, but instead to create a soundscape of the physical space where I bring this bag and let you hear some of my items at work. Don’t play it too softly or you may miss one of the small but mighty objects that has a very important job.
Task 1 if you’d like to visit and compare
References
The New London Group. (1996). A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures. Harvard Educational Review 66 (1), 60-92.
Sound effects accessed from: https://freesound.org/
Ryan Dorey
June 25, 2020 — 7:35 pm
I think this is terrific. The bonfire stood out because I get the job of fire builder. One of my favourite late night solo activities is waiting for the fire to die down after marshmallows. THe forest is a symphony when the other humans disappear back into the building.
norah smith
June 26, 2020 — 5:31 am
I love hearing from a fellow fire builder/watcher. It’s the collecting and chopping of firewood that I could do without!
andrew shedden
July 1, 2020 — 3:41 pm
Interesting method of bending the mode. I definitely got a similar feeling of the sort of person who would have that bag from both perspectives. Well done!