Cultural Capital in the African-American Composition Classroom NCTE Presentation
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SOME STORIES WE TELL ABOUT BLACK PEO
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THEY LOVE TWITTER
Images: #blacktwitterbirds by Instant Vintage (Alice Naserdeen)
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SOCIAL MEDIA AND RACE/ETHNICITY
Source: Pew Research Center
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THEY RE MISUNDERSTOOD
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West: "Are you cl
way that you don
English?"
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do understand En
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you in English, do
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language?"
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really well.
Sources: Origina
ENGLISH
BROKENHERE
THEIR ENGLISH IS WOR(L)DMADE
HERE
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OTHER STORIES TO TELL
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AS CULTURAL CAPI
With the academic qualification, a certificate of cultural comp
which confers on its holder a conventional, constant, legally
guaranteed value with respect to culture, social alchemy prod
form of cultural capital which has a relative autonomy vis--vi
bearer and even vis--vis the cultural capital he effectively posat a given moment in time. It institutes cultural capital by colle
magic...
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DIGITAL LITERACY AS CULTURAL CAPITAL
A familiarity with and a positive disposition towardsof the burgeoning technologies of the information ageseen as an additional form of cultural capital bestowinadvantage on those families which possess them and tof appropriating their full potential.
Source: Information Literacy As Cultural Capital-- Emmison &
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SC State University
prepares highly skill
competent and soci
aware graduates to
enable them to wor
live productively in adynamic, global
society.Mission
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SAMPLE STUDENT PROJECTLets Talk About It: The Relationships of Black Men and Women
Series of interviews that captured multiple viewpoints on black intimacy aalongside several other documents (essay, poem, reflections).
I really enjoyed doing this project because it gave me a chance to get intoof a variety of people and allow them to voice their opinions. I hope that tdocumentary will help someone understand [his or her] situation better a
them that there are other people that feel the same way that they do. Alsoshow Black men and Black women how they feel about each other. StudReflection
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WRITING CAPITAL
1.Telling stories around African-American identity/Self
definition
2.Framing research as putting ones story next to anoth
3.Engaging in narrative self-reflection
4.Composition as curation supported with technology
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OUTCOMES Students use critical thinking skills to curate their con
Students are motivated to research their topics and
become producers of knowledge
Student share their work with authentic audiences
Students gain confidence and contribute to discussio
significance to their communities
Overperformance: Student are intrinsically motiva
to write and research, well beyond the payoff of gett
good grade.