Hull.+Literate+Arts+in+a+Global+World

= Hull, Glynda A., and Amy Stornaiuolo. [|"Literate Arts in a Global World: Reframing Social Networking as Cosmopolitan Practice."] =

Abstract
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Argument
The development of the self and the ability to critically reflect on that development are crucial in developing positive relationships with others. The authors explore the "educational implications of social networking" in today's digital age, and assert that social media and other new technology can help to transform the world in to a more cosmopolitan environment

Hull and Stornaiuolo argue that this self-transformation, or learning about oneself through “self-problematization and pluralization,” is an important part of developing an ethical stance in the world; without reflective, reflexive, and critical work on oneself, it seems quite impossible to understand one’s obligations toward others and develop a just and moral responsiveness toward them. Youth social networking activities, including opportunities for self-presentation on the network coupled with off line reflective and artistic practices, function as crucial contexts for the development of the self. These developments eventually lead to a more cosmopolitan mindset.

Similarities noticed by users can often lead to a more tolerant, cosmopolitan mentality.

Key Passages
"The need for respectful dialogue and for the capacity to generously imagine others across aesthetic, cultural, historical, and ideological differences assumes particular importance if our aim is to position youth to envision themselves as social actors with responsibilities toward others and the world."

"We suggest...that a reimagined cosmopolitanism might offer the field of literacy studies a starting place for including conceptions of local and global citizenship within its curricular and pedagogical purview, such as new spaces for building communities, including digital ones, and new kinds of civic engagements within those communities, ones that foreground communication and literate arts."

"Small degrees of overlap between different people can produce a glimpse of cosmopolitan consciousness."

Selected Works Cited
Hull, G. A. (2010). Literate arts in a global world: reframing social networking as cosmopolitan practice. //Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy//, //54//(2), 85-97. Retrieved from https://files.pbworks.com/download/WXtXQv7gKz/mgicollaboration/41150709/Hull-literate arts in a global world.pdf