Digital Media and Learner Identity The New Curatorship [Hardcover]

Drawing on research into autobiographical video production by young learners to present a theory of curatorship and new media, this work explores facets of literacy and identity theory which provided the initial frames for examining the work and shows how 'curatorship' works as a metaphor for new cultural and literacy practices.1. Introducing New Literacy and Identity 2. Describing Digital Video Production 3. Media Literacy: Forms and Organising Structures 4. Identity: Storying the Self 5. Recorded Performance and Locative Memory 6. Forms and Coherence 7. Location Memory and Voice 8. Curatorship as a New Literacy Practice 9. Curatorship and Learning: Implications of Emergent Principles and Practices

John Potter is an expert guide, navigating us across some of the great divides in this area: between media education and the new literacy studies, between multimodal and cultural theory, between media practices at home and at school, and, most crucially, between high theory and lived experience. His notion of 'curatorship of the self' takes thinking in media and multiliteracy education a significant step forward.

- Mark Reid, Head of Education, British Film Institute, UK

John Potter shows how learners' creative engagements with new media form part of the ongoing 'identity work' of their everyday lives. His central metaphor of curatorship provides a thought-provoking means of exploring the broader implications of new media for personal identity. Unlike the utopian fantasies of some digital enthusiasts, this book provides a valuable source of critical reflection and creative inspiration for researchers, educators, and all who work with young people.

- David Buckingham, Loughborough University, UK

This is an important contribution to our emerging understanding of what young people are actually doing with digital media, and with what consequences. By focusing on the experiences of young peoplc