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Traversing Old and New Literacies

The Undead Book and Other Assemblages

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  1. Sue Nichols

    1. Education Futures, University of South Australia, Magill, Australia

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  • Promotes a shift away from binary constructions of literacies, arguing that no literacy is old or new per se
  • Offers theory, method and accounts of lived reality to encourage reflection on the uses of binary constructions
  • Demonstrates the use of assemblage theory and tools of analysis

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Assembling Literacies: Beyond Binaries

    • Sue Nichols
    Pages 1-11

  3. Where is the Time? Temporality in Literacy Assemblages

    • Sue Nichols
    Pages 13-26

  4. Dividing Ourselves from the Past: The Constitution of ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Literacies

    • Sue Nichols
    Pages 27-41

  5. The Undead Children’s Book and the Persistent ‘Bedtime’ Story

    • Sue Nichols
    Pages 43-55

  6. By Virtue of Association: The Precarious and Resilient Library

    • Sue Nichols
    Pages 57-74

  7. A Powerful ‘Jumble’: Magazines Assembling the World for Children

    • Sue Nichols
    Pages 75-89

  8. Healthy Literacies: Old and New Literacy Hygienes

    • Sue Nichols
    Pages 91-108

  9. Tools and Times: Beyond the Technology Native/Immigrant Binary

    • Sue Nichols
    Pages 109-122

  10. Children Telling Their Lifetimes: Temporality as a Resource for Meaning-Making

    • Sue Nichols
    Pages 123-138

  11. Cyborg Assemblages, Heritage Literacies, and Agendas for Literacy Research

    • Sue Nichols
    Pages 139-148

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 149-173
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About this book

This book re-examines the field of New Literacy Studies and promotes a shift away from binary constructions of literacies as 'old' or 'new' and to encourage critical reflection on the part of readers as to the uses of these constructs. 


First, the book examines the entanglement of pasts, presents and futures in contemporary literacy practices. Second, it considers representations of literacies as actors, having their own power and consequences. Third, it critically examines the place of 'new' and 'old' literacies in a marketplace in which social, economic and political power advantage is contested. 


The book demonstrates the use of assemblage theory drawing on semiotics, geo-semiotics and Actor Network Theory for analyzing literacies as assemblages. It provides readers with tools of analysis with which to interrogate claims made for the value of literacy, innovations and traditions alike. It also discusses implications for literacy policy, curriculum, teacher education and research.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Education Futures, University of South Australia, Magill, Australia

    Sue Nichols

About the author

Sue Nichols’ literacy research is known for its boundary-crossing nature, traversing diverse contexts. Since the late 90s, she has been exploring literacy practices, texts, tools, discourses and identities across educational, community, familial, commercial and virtual sites. Using a toolkit of methods drawn from discourse analysis, semiotics, ecological perspectives and network theories, she has traced changing and continuing literacies. This work has raised critical questions about the social and political uses of literacies, which are now being pursued in the current volume. Sue currently holds the position of Associate Dean Research in the School of Education, University of South Australia. She has published several authored and edited books including Languages and Literacies as Mobile and Placed Resources (2017) and Learning Cities: Multimodal explorations and placed pedagogies (2018) as well as numerous book chapters and journal articles, including in Literacy, Journal of Early Childhood Literacy and Changing English.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Traversing Old and New Literacies

  • Book Subtitle: The Undead Book and Other Assemblages

  • Authors: Sue Nichols

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7974-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-7973-6Published: 02 January 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-7976-7Published: 03 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-7974-3Published: 01 January 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 173

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Literacy, Technology and Digital Education, Teaching and Teacher Education

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