‘Wrighting’ the self: new technologies and textual subjectivities

Abstract

The expression of the self through multimodal texts is a central theme in education. While it has been suggested that new technologies act as important mediators in the relationship between texts and subjectivity, the mechanisms underlying such mediation has been a neglected topic of research. This paper considers the theoretical assumptions upon which speculation so far has been based and explores the methodologies that are best suited to investigating further the relationships between text, self and technology.

Keywords:

• text-making
• technologies
• subjectivity
• networked technologies
• un-networked technologies

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