Literacies in Times of Disruption

Living and Learning During a Pandemic

Bronwyn T. Williams (University of Louisville)

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Routledge
27 June 2024

Open learning, home learning, distance education

The wide-ranging disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic altered the experiences of place, technology, time, and school for students. This book explores how students’ responses to these extraordinary times shaped their identities as learners and writers, as well as their perceptions of education.

This book traces the voices of a diverse group of university students, from first-year to doctoral students, over the first two years of the pandemic. Students discussed the effects of having their homes forced to serve as classrooms, work, and living spaces, as they also navigated much of school and life through their digital screens. The affective and embodied experiences of this disruption and uncertainty, and the memories and narratives constructed from those experiences, challenged and remade students’ relationships with place, digital media, and school itself. Understanding students’ perceptions of these times has implications for imagining innovative and empathetic approaches to literacy and learning going forward.

In a time when disruptions, including but not limited to the pandemic, continue to ripple and resonate through education and culture, this book provides important insights for researchers and teachers in literacy and writing studies, education, media studies, and any seeking a better understanding of students and learning in this precarious age.

2025 recipient of the Divergent Publication Award for Excellence in Literacy in a Digital Age Research from the Initiative for Literacy in a Digital Age

By: Bronwyn T. Williams (University of Louisville)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032494944
ISBN 10: 1032494948
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 27 June 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Chapter One – Introduction: Disruption and Emergence in Extraordinary Times Interchapter – The Timeline of the Pandemic at One University Chapter Two – Affect and Embodiment in Writing During the Pandemic Chapter Three – The Uncertain and Shifting Social Contexts of Emotion and School Chapter Four – Memory, Narrative, and the Shaping of Identities Through the Pandemic Chapter Five – Going to ""School"" or Staying ""Home"": Remaking Places and Place Chapter Six – Rethinking Relationships With, and Through, Digital Media Chapter Seven – Writing Out of Time: Temporal Disruptions and Literacy Experiences Chapter Eight – Experiences of Education and Relationships of Learning in the Pandemic Chapter Nine – Conclusion: The Ongoing Ripples from Disruptions for Literacy and Learning"

Bronwyn T. Williams is a Professor of English and Endowed Chair in Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Louisville. He writes and teaches on issues of literacy, identity, sustainability, digital media, and writing pedagogy. His previous books include Literacy Practices and Perceptions of Agency: Composing Identities; New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture Across Borders; Shimmering Literacies: Popular Culture and Reading and Writing Online; and Identity Papers: Literacy and Power in Higher Education.