Hidden Literacies brings together leading scholars of historical literacy to investigate the surprising, often neglected roles reading and writing have played in the lives of marginalized Americans—from indigenous and enslaved people to prisoners and young children. This podcast includes interviews with contributors to Hidden Literacies and explores how they discovered these fascinating examples of literacy, how they interpret them, and why they matter. These interviews were recorded in 2020-2021, and all content reflects those dates.
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Hidden Literacies brings together leading scholars of historical literacy to investigate the surprising, often neglected roles reading and writing have played in the lives of marginalized Americans—from indigenous and enslaved people to prisoners and young children. This podcast includes interviews with contributors to Hidden Literacies and explores how they discovered these fascinating examples of literacy, how they interpret them, and why they matter. These interviews were recorded in 2020-2021, and all content reflects those dates.
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November 1, 2022
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<p>Hidden Literacies brings together leading scholars of historical literacy to investigate the surprising, often neglected roles reading and writing have played in the lives of marginalized Americans—from Indigenous and enslaved people to prisoners and young children. By presenting high-resolution images of archival texts and pairing them with expert commentary, Hidden Literacies aims to make these writers and texts—which too often lie below the radar of American literature curricula—more available and accessible to teachers and researchers. This podcast includes interviews with contributors to Hidden Literacies and explores how they discovered these fascinating examples of literacy, how they interpret them, and why they matter.</p> <p>Explore Hidden Literacies at <a href="https://www.hiddenliteracies.org" target="_blank"><u>https://www.hiddenliteracies.org</u></a></p> <p>Transcript: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16pZw0llfV0E5qGHuj392N00Lv-JIGj37/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/16pZw0llfV0E5qGHuj392N00Lv-JIGj37/view?usp=sharing</a></p> <p>Sound Credits:</p> <p>“Crescents” by Ketsa (Free Music Archive)</p>
November 1, 2022
Interview with Andrew Newman on “Permit Us to Speak Plainly”
<p>Members of the Munsee community had been displaced to present-day Kansas by the 1840s, but they well recalled their northeastern homelands and knew what befell their ancestors more than two centuries before. When they described their legacy of dispossession in a petition to the U.S. President in 1849, their "X-mark" signatures connoted illiteracy--but the history they recounted showed enduring and reliable knowledge.</p> <p>Transcript link: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16vqXkYKH_ZMHWSUgS-Vg2Q_tOSECk6F_/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/16vqXkYKH_ZMHWSUgS-Vg2Q_tOSECk6F_/view?usp=sharing</a></p> <p>Explore Hidden Literacies at <a href="https://www.hiddenliteracies.org" target="_blank"><u>https://www.hiddenliteracies.org</u></a></p> <p>Learn more about Andrew Newman’s work here: <a href="https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/english/people/newman.php" target="_blank">https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/english/people/newman.php</a></p> <p>Hidden Literacies brings together leading scholars of historical literacy to investigate the surprising, often neglected roles reading and writing have played in the lives of marginalized Americans—from indigenous and enslaved people to prisoners and young children. By presenting high-resolution images of archival texts and pairing them with expert commentary, Hidden Literacies aims to make these writers and texts—which too often lie below the radar of American literature curricula—more available and accessible to teachers and researchers.</p> <p>Hidden Literacies is edited by Christopher Hager and Hilary Wyss.</p> <p>Christopher Hager is Professor of English at Trinity College, where he teaches courses in American literature and American Studies.</p> <p>Hilary E. Wyss is the Allan K. Smith and Gwendolyn Miles Smith Professor of English at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where she teaches courses in early American literature, American studies, and Native American studies.</p> <p>Hidden Literacies was produced with the support of the following staff members of Trinity College Information Technology & Library Services:</p> <p>Cait Kennedy, Research, Outreach, and Technology Librarian</p> <p>Mary Mahoney, Digital Scholarship Coordinator</p> <p>Joelle Thomas, Digital Learning & Discovery Librarian</p> <p>Hidden Literacies: the Podcast was recorded, edited, and produced by Mary Mahoney.</p> <p>Sound Credits:</p> <p>“Crescents” by Ketsa (Free Music Archive)</p>
November 1, 2022
Interview with Tara Bynum on “Cesar Lyndon Was Here”
<p>An enslaved man in eighteenth-century Rhode Island kept an account book in fine handwriting. But how much can a simple inventory of goods, in pounds and pence, really tell us? As Tara Bynum reveals, it actually documents a vibrant African American community enjoying each other's company at a pig roast.</p> <p>Transcript link: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oNCTc1UpMDRMyON72AnEVG1XUzvuqoKD/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oNCTc1UpMDRMyON72AnEVG1XUzvuqoKD/view?usp=sharing</a></p> <p>Explore Hidden Literacies at <a href="https://www.hiddenliteracies.org" target="_blank"><u>https://www.hiddenliteracies.org</u></a></p> <p>Learn more about Tara Bynum’s work here: <a href="https://english.uiowa.edu/people/tara-bynum" target="_blank">https://english.uiowa.edu/people/tara-bynum</a></p> <p>Hidden Literacies brings together leading scholars of historical literacy to investigate the surprising, often neglected roles reading and writing have played in the lives of marginalized Americans—from indigenous and enslaved people to prisoners and young children. By presenting high-resolution images of archival texts and pairing them with expert commentary, Hidden Literacies aims to make these writers and texts—which too often lie below the radar of American literature curricula—more available and accessible to teachers and researchers.</p> <p>Hidden Literacies is edited by Christopher Hager and Hilary Wyss.</p> <p>Christopher Hager is Professor of English at Trinity College, where he teaches courses in American literature and American Studies.</p> <p>Hilary E. Wyss is the Allan K. Smith and Gwendolyn Miles Smith Professor of English at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where she teaches courses in early American literature, American studies, and Native American studies.</p> <p>Hidden Literacies was produced with the support of the following staff members of Trinity College Information Technology & Library Services:</p> <p>Cait Kennedy, Research, Outreach, and Technology Librarian</p> <p>Mary Mahoney, Digital Scholarship Coordinator</p> <p>Joelle Thomas, Digital Learning & Discovery Librarian</p> <p>Hidden Literacies: the Podcast was recorded, edited, and produced by Mary Mahoney.</p> <p>Sound Credits:</p> <p>“Crescents” by Ketsa (Free Music Archive)</p>
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