Our 2023-24 Creative Expression of Research project is centred around Literacies - pairing the work of Claire Ahn with documentary filmmaker and PhD student Mehvish Rather. The Creative Expression of Research Project is an annual project that pairs a Faculty of Education faculty member/researcher and artist together to look at or engage with research creatively. The initiative is funded by the Associate Dean, Research and Strategic Initiatives.
We want you to tell us - what is literacy to you?
All contributors will be entered into a draw for 1 of 5 sets of two passes to The Screening Room!
Email Claire Ahn (claire.ahn@queensu.ca) & Mehvish Rather (mehvish.m@queensu.ca) with your responses! We highly encourage you to consider responding to the question in multimodal ways such as: voice notes, sounds, visuals, video recordings, graphics, photos, artwork, etc.
Responses collected will then be collated into multimodal interactive modes to be shared in April 2024 to share how we, as a Faculty of Education, enact and engage with multiliteracies in our research.
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Things to Consider
Have you heard about “multiliteracies”?
- Draws attention to consider “literacies” such as multimodality and multiple literacy practices.
- Did you know that we engage in multiple literacies when engaging in our research as well?!?!
- topics of research (e.g., gaming in the classroom, place-based teaching/learning)
- methods of data collection (e.g., use of apps, multimodal narrative inquiry, etc.)
- knowledge mobilization (e.g., graphics, videos, musical scores, etc.).
Have you ever thought about how you engage with multiple literacy practices in your research?
- Where and how do literacy/ies play a role in your research program, beyond the traditional approaches?
- In what ways do you engage in multiple literacies in your methodologies?
- In what ways has literacy practices shifted through your research program?
If you have thought about any of the above and/or are curious, we invite you to share your thoughts and responses to the following question: WHAT IS LITERACY TO YOU?