Bartlett, L. & Holland, D. (2002). Theorizing the space of literacy practices. In Ways of Knowing, (pp.

1022) Brighton: University of Brighton Press.

In the article Theorizing the space of literacy practices Lesley Bartlett, assistant professor in the department of international ad transcultural education at teachers college Columbia university, and Dorothy Holland, Boshamer distinguished professor of anthropology at the university of north Carolina at chapel hill, express the importance of literacy studies not only by stating, A focus on literacy practices incorporates not only the social, political, and historical contexts of literacy events but also the relations of social power that envelop them (p. 11) but by taking it upon themselves to expand on Bourdieus social practice theory. Instead of solely expressing the theory based off of habitus. Bartlett and Holland expanded on this theory by adding artifacts and figured worlds. Figured worlds are generally, but not limited to, settings in which actors take on roles and interact with a wide variety of artifacts. Also note that artifacts are not limited to only being physical objects but emotions or even thoughts a well. In the article Bartlett and Holland further exemplified this by observing the educational figured world in Brazil. Brazils education has a great effect on its community. In which ultimately segregates those of generally a lighter skin complexion, who have greater education, from those of a darker skin complexion, who have a lesser education. This trend then results in the latter being subject to literacy shaming in the community because as stated by one of Bartletts informants If you speak well, youll know how to write well.... If you read well, youll pronounce the words right. (p. 15) Bartlett and Holland realize that this is simply is not a result of social structures influencing actors and practice, (p. 12) but more specifically, Literacy shame is a physical and emotional sediment of social structures in the habitus or as stated earlier an artifact within the set figured world.

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