Our February reading for the 2019-20 Literacy, Equity + Remarkable Notes = LEARN Marginal Syllabus explores the multiliteracies among youth of color who constructed tributes to the city of Detroit and envisioned strengths in their communities. Researchers Vaughn W. M. Watson and Alecia Beymer write about the after-school Verses Project at Detroit’s Community Music School. This article describes the multimodal processes of young writers as they compose in a genre the authors describe as “praisesongs of place.”
Guests
Vaughn W. M. Watson, Assistant Professor; Michigan State University
Alecia Beymer, Doctoral Candidate; Michigan State University
Charise McBride, Doctoral Candidate; University of California, Berkeley
Nobuko Fujita, Learning Specialist; University of Windsor
Christina Cantrill, Associate Director, Programs; National Writing Project
Remi Kalir, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado; Co-Founder, Marginal Syllabus