Hwk Response 2: - An actor can be defined as someone trying to fit in; one that cannot be themself so they must

act another way to get by. An artifact could be a physical object or an idea. Either or, an artifact is something that can be used as an example that describes a figured world or discourse community. Actors and artifacts make up a figured world or a distinct community. Figured worlds have specific characteristics in their actors and artifacts that create distinction from other figured worlds. - Literacy can be defined as more than just being able to read and write. Literacy has to do with the changes and communication within writing and speech based off of a variety of texts. Literacy practice would be putting work and/or making use of these characteristics of literacy. - Actors can change their characteristics based off the artifacts at hand. Actors conform based off of the artifacts and if there were no actors or artifacts, a figured world would have no purpose. - Questions: Idealistic artifacts can be defined in many different ways based off of ones perception of the idea, so does this mean one would communicate oneself in a matter out of the ordinary? If we come off as illiterate to family members and friends, how is it that we can so easily conform to seem literate to teachers and bosses? In a figured world of literacy, are manners necessary in every situation or just some? If a figured world was to lose its sense of sociability, would it still be considered a figured world?