#future of literacy

[internationalliteracyday]

Literacy for peace: the imperative of a rights-based approach.

To harness the transformative power of literacy for fostering mutual understanding and peace requires actions grounded on the principles of literacy as a human right. The international community has resolved not only to accelerate progress towards SDG4 but also to radically change how we think, design and organize education, as well as act on our promises to create a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. Promoting literacy for building lasting peace has been integral to a range of recent key initiatives designed for these purposes, including UNESCO’s International Commission on the Futures of Education (UNESCO, 2021), the Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII, June 2022), the Transforming Education Summit (TES) convened by the UN SecretaryGeneral (New York, September 2022), and a resulting global movement of 143 countries and partners committing to transforming education towards the Summit of the Future (New York, 22–23 September 2024).15

[sl8tersstuff]

I can’t forgive myself for all the things I didn’t become;

for the things I won’t become.

[luminarai]

Was just listening to a history podcast that I usually enjoy very much, and this particular episode was about early modern witch persecutions in Europe and I genuinely had to pause it because the guest (a well known and respected historian and professor who has written several books on the subject) confidently told the hosts (also professors of history albeit in later periods) that witches having familiars is a British phenomenon and is not really seen elsewhere in Europe, which uh. Is just flat out incorrect?

While I’m definitely not a historian, I was a weird nerdy kid with insomnia and undiagnosed adhd who grew into a weird nerdy adult with insomnia and adhd so I’ve spent many hours going down the rabbit holes of the history of folklore, ideas of magic, and witch trials of primarily Denmark and Sweden, and I can think of multiple examples of familiars in Scandinavian witch trials. I’m genuinely left wondering if they don’t think they appear outside Britain because they’re not *literally* called familiars seeing as, y’know, it’s not in English?? And this podcast usually doesn’t shy away from openly discussing the validity and contexts of their source materials, which makes it even more confusing that this was just accepted without any further comment.

[sevensoulmates]

where you look at it as tim confirming buddie is happening the way he's talking about bucktommy purposely echoing buddie means that he's replacing buddie with bucktommy or buck and another guy and that makes me sad.

I really don't want to be snarky here, but I do truly feel like some people in this fandom are just looking for reasons to be upset. I understand that optimism is a learned and practiced skill and that this fandom has a disproportionate amount of people who lack media literacy, but for a lot of you, I truly think you won't ever be happy with anything you see on screen, even when buddie do finally get together, you'll find something to be unhappy about.

This is your burden for not being able to comprehend the story that's being told, even when tons of people in this fandom have put in countless amounts of time and emotional energy to try to explain it to you all in excruciating detail. I feel really sorry for the people who just can't sit back and enjoy the story unfolding and have to spend every waking minute trying to find something to make them mad.

Truly good stories take time. The current world we live in has trained us to crave instant gratification, and this time you aren't going to get that, plain and simple. Deal with it.

I'm glad the writers aren't just jumping headlong into buddie to appease impatient people who have never experienced the beauty of delayed gratification in their whole lives.

If you truly want to learn how to analyze media with a logical eye rather than just having purely emotional/reactive responses like this, I would recommend picking up some books or YouTube crash courses on the craft of storytelling, the art of foreshadowing, red herrings, unreliable narrators, dramatic irony, thematic patterning, etc, and also probably some books on the history of queer portrayals in the media, both in fiction and in marketing.

Lastly, if the show is causing you this must distress, you should log off tumblr.com and stop watching the show. Find a show that suits your needs better. They're out there. This one might not be for you.

[beigetiger]

It’s fucking over you guys. What the fuck.

[oreolesbian]

the absolute lack of media literacy from people who haven’t even seen oppenheimer is making my head spin but whatever

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

the problem with loving something that has Themes and Meanings and Nuance and Important Topics is that it makes u want to enjoy it with people who also understand its Themes and Meanings and Nuance and Important Topics . and sometimes these people can be very hard to find

[msnihilist]

"I would never recommend this piece of media because it has some jokes that aged poorly." You are weak and your bloodline is weak and you will not survive the winter.

[seventeendeer]

this is going to make me soooo unpopular on tumblr dot pendantics central dot com but I fully hate media “deconstructions” that begin and end with “yo if this happened to a real person ... that would kind of fuck them, right? like, they wouldn’t be right in the head after this ... probably have a Bad Dream .. maybe Panicked Attack” like motherfucker the dragon is a metaphor the dragon is a metaphor the dragon is a metaphor going on a quest and slaying the dragon is a METAPHOR

the hero doesn’t suffer debilitating trauma after going through the shadowy wasteland with no food or water for days because the location symbolizes a state of doubt, the lack of sustenance symbolizes dwindling inner strength, and he comes out the other side stronger than ever because he overcame an emotional obstacle and grew more certain of himself.

his mentor dies and he gets over it in the span of an afternoon because the relationship with the mentor was a symbol of responsibility inheritance, a symbol of the relationship between entire generations.

and yes, the dragon is a metaphor. it’s the beating heart of the story, the problem at the root of all the hero’s troubles. it’s the fear of growing up, the pain of loneliness, an oppressive upperclass, a controlling parent - the core conflict of the story given a physical form.

and like, yeah, obviously there’s plenty of tropes and conventions in storytelling that are worth examining and ripping into, but “characters' emotions are calibrated in accordance with the story’s metaphors and themes instead of reacting realistically to the literal events of the story” seriously isn’t it. criticizing a lack of realistic, literal emotional responses is like criticizing a painting for being flat. paradoxically, it does not make a story ‘deeper’ or ‘more insightful’ - it only strips the text down to the literal reality depicted. you’re supposed to leave the peel on, that’s where all the complexities are!!

of course you can rearrange the pieces of classic story conventions into a shape where the realistic emotional reactions make sense and are a part of a completely different point you’re making, but simply doing a classic story setup again, this time with Realistic Trauma And Outcome, isn’t actually saying anything meaningful about the genre you’re trying to deconstruct. pointing at an intentional narrative choice and going “you missed a spot!” only really shows you missed the point of said narrative choice in the first place.

[upcomingtradera]

[internationalliteracyday]

Literacy and lifelong learning ecosystem’ link.

The Efforts to promote literacy need to be anchored in a broader ecosystem of lifelong learning, adopting whole-of-government and whole-of society approaches to integrate literacy learning into people’s lives and work. Promoting learning in varied settings and spaces requires enabling literate environments, in which people can become motivated to be more literate and can acquire, use and advance their literacy skills. There have been some promising initiatives on this front. The Republic of Korea, for instance, has developed ‘a national culture of learning’ characterized by community-based literacy development, based on a whole-of-society approach and a lifelong learning ecosystem, involving well-established local governance systems. The Suwon City, one of the 180 learning cities in the country, has developed a dense network of learning facilities located within a 5–10-minute walk from all homes. Viet Nam has also built literate environments towards a learning society, including libraries, museums, cultural centres, clubs and Community Learning Centres (CLCs)

[sl8tersstuff]

It is a gift that you understand everyone but in the end you are doomed because no one will ever understand you in the same way that you understand them.

[cynical-gamer-media]

We Appear to be Heading for Walter Tevis' 'Mockingbird' future, and that is terrifying:

With how people are using AI to write emails, produce drawings, and film, we are disturbingly close to Walter Tevis' book 'Mockingbird'.

In 'Mockingbird' the future has people that have completely forgotten how to read, write, and produce anything of artistic merit. There are no books or films. As a result it is a hyper-individualistic society where people do not commute with one another (rely on robots for literally everything). People drug themselves to enjoy life, because when there are no arts or community what else is there to do?

One of the main characters didn't even know what a 'family' or 'friends' are until he learnt to read and watch movies.

Walter Tevis came up with the idea for 'Mockingbird' for during his time teaching at Ohio University he became aware that the level of literacy among students was falling at an alarming rate during the 1970s.

Sounds familiar? Literacy is decreasing more and more at an extremely alarming rate. Now that some people over-rely on AI for everything written, even emails, that will only further decrease literacy across the world. Now that some people over-rely on AI to create drawings more and more artistic pursuits will disappear.

We are heading for Walter Tevis' 'Mockingbird' future, and that should disturb each and every one of you.

[overly-hubristic-mad-scientist]

I can’t lie, whenever someone tells me “school never taught us how to do ___” part of me gets kinda annoyed because 9/10 (at least in Ontario) they did you either didn’t take the course because it was an elective, or it was a required class you never actually paid attention to.

[prankprincess123]

Prof: I'm actually really surprised at how few laptops I see on your desks. Is this some new trend? I thought you guys were supposedly glued to your screens and that you'd all be taking notes on tablets or some such.

Classmate: ...it makes our eyes hurt too much.

Prof: *blinking in shock as if he never considered physical pain as a deterrent to using technology* ...oh

[liquidstar]

I'm glad the "Satire requires a clarity of purpose and target lest it be mistaken for and contribute to that which it intends to criticize" meme is getting critiqued in its usage because... While the sentiment itself is absolutely true... I feel like sometimes, perhaps, it's not a work of fiction's fault that you're personally bad at picking up on satire