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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n