Thursday, April 5, 2018 5pm to 8pm
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90 Carlton Street, Athens, GA 30602
Technology continues to expand our world and the ways in which we communicate. The traditional meaning of the term literacy has broadened beyond just the written word to now include media such as graphic novels, videos, dress, and more. These "new literacies"âthe modern understanding of ways in which individuals communicate with each otherâare attempting to gain validity in an academic world still narrowly focused on traditional reading and writing. While the existence of these literacies is recognized and discussed, their production has not yet gained acceptance as being a valid means of intellectual discourse.
The dissertation is the seminal piece of a PhD research program, yet few students have produced one in a format solely outside the written word. This creates a contradiction between scholars who acknowledge the importance of new literacy practices, yet do not accept their production as true intellectual work. As a student in a language and literacy department, this scholar felt a need to address the call from scholars within the field to further the "ethos" knowledge of new literacies, an understanding beyond typographic forms, by writing a dissertation in a format which practices new literacies skills rather than traditional ones.
This exhibition brings attention to taken-for-granted traditions in education that continue to marginalize individuals through the privileging of the written word, while helping to address the contradiction within the field. As an artist, fashion designer, and female educator, the scholar hopes to bring art and fashion, femininity and the body, from the academic margins where they lie. Her dissertation will open to the public as a popup exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art in an attempt to reach a broader audience than the silos of academic institutions.
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