Category: applied linguistics

Artefactual literacies & heritage

Some literacy researchers refer to artefactual literacy as the study of literacy practices embedded in material cultural objects. Literacy practices that are connected to objects and physical experience are often key to heritage, in this case a fan that is used within a traditional tea ceremony. According to Dr Naoki Yamamoto, […]

Leverhulme Research Fellowship

I am pleased to announce that I have won a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for a project which focuses on what has been an area of interest of mine for the last few years. The project is entitled ‘Literacy and Harmony: A study of Sino-Muslim heritage literacies in modern […]

Digital literacy from the ground up

Had a lovely visit to Dublin City University today, and a lovely welcome from Mark Brown and his team at the National Institute for Digital Learning. Much appreciated after a whole week recovering from a harsh viral infection. I’m looking forward to further collaborations with the Institute and […]