Multiple Literacies: A Transdisciplinary Perspective on Research

Positioning literacies in a Deleuzian-inspired context offers poignant potentialities for conducting empirical research through rhizoanalysis. Examples of Professor Masny’s research will be used to argue multiple literacies has become a transdisciplinary approach to research in the humanities and social sciences (education).

The presentation will be followed by an interactive session where attendees will be challenged to consider: What are the consequences of applying Deleuzian philosophy in terms of ontology, epistemology and the consequent politics of educational research?

The interactive part of the session will be fully open to questions and answers and show how empirical data collection and analysis can be reconciled with Deleuzian philosophy.

Short biography: Diana Masny PhD is Emeritus professor at the University of Ottawa Canada and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology. Her research focuses on the development of multiple literacies (MLT). She has published journal articles, co-authored and co-edited books on multiple literacies and transdisciplinarity, Deleuze and Education and on rhizoanalysis.

There will also be a short presentation about Mapping Multiple Literacies: An Introduction to Deleuzian Literacy Studies (Continuum Press) with Associate Professor David R Cole.

To confirm your attendance and assist with catering please RSVP to Lin Brown: l.j.brown@uws.edu.au