Writing about literacy in the remote Aboriginal context rarely considers anthropological aspects such as whether literacy has been incorporated into social practice, and how we understand change, transmission and transformation in the evolving social practices and cultural conceptions of reading and writing across the generations in the remote world. In this seminar Jerry Schwab and Inge Kral suggest that, in addition to schooling, everyday social practice is critical to literacy acquisition, maintenance and development in remote contexts. Attention will be drawn to the social generational differences and changing modes of literacy from mission era alphabetic literacy practices to the digital literacy practices of youth today. The seminar will focus on the important role that youth-oriented organisations and programs have to play in supporting access to literacy resources and stimulating learning that is attractive to youth in remote contexts where school attendance and retention rates are poor.

Please note: This seminar is available in both Streaming Audio and MP3 formats.