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Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 31st! We are so excited to announce our March #literacies chat "Fostering Spaces of Liberation in Literacy Research" with special guest host Dr. Ryan Schey @ryanschey.bsky.social

See a question from tonight’s chat and eager to share your thoughts? It’s never too late! Feel free to keep the chat going!

Be sure to check out our latest Inquiring Minds podcast from From Story to System: Teaching Literacy Across Contexts at www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ6K... #literacies

Please join us for our March 3/31 #literacies chat with @ryanschey.bsky.social on places and spaces in literacies education.

A6: Perhaps, a 'Victorious Future' is one wherein we, as individuals & collectives, remain committed to asking "Whose future? Who is benefitting? Who isn't? What needs to change to remedy this?" and continually refine the structures, systems, and practices that move society forward #literacies

Thank you again to @elpatronhimself.bsky.social for hosting our February #literacies chat!

Q6: I see a vision in which our research enables all kids to get to experience victories/"win" as they practice #literacies, and a vision where we can see more clearly what victory looks like from their perspectives.

Read more about #TeamLav's research in this book!

A6: Thinking back to our opening question, I think a "Victorious Future" must necessarily be a co-constructed one, a future that, much like the good ole Fortnite gaming lobby, is made by a multitudinous mix of folks, all doing our own dances yet working toward the same #victory. #literacies

A6 1/2: I think of Toni Morrison’s quote that the purpose of racism is distraction. I think “Victorious Futures” in this sociopolitical context means not merely reacting but continuing long-term proactive building of power and resources for the flourishing of minoritized communities. #literacies

I'm curious about how transnational gaming not only creates translingual spaces but also spacing to develop sociocultural competency through dialogue. #literacies

Q6: In the foreword to our book, Antero Garcia invites us to envision “Victorious Futures.” What would such a vision look like for #literacies research and advocacy?

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A5 (pt 2): Also. Something that just struck me. As someone still playing #PokemonGo like it’s 2016, I am wondering about the affects of gaming on the go, especially on mobile phones. What #literacies are practiced when gaming is mediated between the digital and physical world?

Q5: I am really interested in the power-laden ways AI (e.g., AI 'agents') is shaping the world of gaming, and as a result, youth's gaming #literacies.

A5: As a gamer infinitely engrossed in any and all character creation processes, I would be very interested in the #literacies and language practices to be explored specific to how students and gamers intentionally make and remake themselves at this preliminary stage 👀

A5: My biggest suggestion? Look where the youth are gaming and follow them there! Almost a decade ago, I was teasing my high school students for their fascination with a new game called "Fortnite." Now, I play all the time. #literacies

Q4: Working with @amystorn.bsky.social and Kathy Walsh to design the "Open World Writing" framework has shaped how I approach writing in all aspects of my life, not just academic writing. Heuristics/thinking tools matter. www.openworldwriting.com #literacies.

A4 1/2: I come from a hyper-individualistic culture, but working with my advisor Dr. Jerome Morris with his Communally Bonded Theory of education plus reading about multilingualism as ecological has influenced the way I think about creating healthy relationships and systems. #literacies

Q5: Time to welcome the #literacies community to #TeamLaV: Our team is now looking at the next quests to look at gaming and expand the LaV Framework. Where should #TeamLaV start digging next? What quests in gaming and #literacies should we undertake?

[Book Spoiler Alert] We actually tap into that engagement with gaming in Chapter 7, through Taty's account of being a #gamermom #literacies

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Equally important here is how second-language English users in gaming spaces are not just "speaking" the language, but reclaiming it for themselves. #literacies

I think one of the key elements here is the possibilities for language reinvention that happen in these "zero gravity" spaces! Gamers as second-language users mold the language in increasingly creative ways, for example. #literacies

A3. I love how Raúl and his team are working to center languages and linguistic repertoires beyond the primacy of English in gaming spaces. It’s important to interrogate how English is reified through the private, monetized corporate infrastructure of popular gaming! #literacies

Q4: We devoted two chapters in our book to talk about how the LaV Framework had influenced #TeamLaV members in their lives. How have the frameworks you and your teams built influenced your world views and your inner circles beyond research?

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A3: While there are a plethora of reasons why this is important for #literacies consideration, I see how prominently we would be missing students' authentic literacy and language practices if we were to ignore these engagements

Q3: In my experiences researching online communities, language, access, and power are always in some way mediating the literate activities taking place (e.g., digital writers drafting in different languages to reach different audiences). As #literacies researchers, it's our job to follow that.

Spoiler alert for Dr. Berry’s upcoming book, but brilliant and enticing point to ponder. We’re excited to learn more! #literacies #victory

A3: I wasn't able to engage in live, online game much during my youth (slow internet in rural KY woes). As I've grown a bit more familiar, I see so much #literacies work happening in these spaces. Each gaming lobby is a confluence of languages, all united in the #literacies of the game. So awesome!

A3 1/3: As the obvious statement, digital spaces are already multilingual! In the US context, which I know is different from LSP's context, using an English-only or monolingual approach narrows the true scope of #literacies being used by multilingual people who represent the global majority.

A2. I’m interested in how asymmetric games - games in which players have different roles, objectives, and mechanics (i.e., Netrunner, MtG, Root) - might illuminate ways that people can compose together in community through processes that are both unique AND congruent. #literacies

Q3: Our research focused on how gamers used English as their second language to navigate games and gaming communities. Why is it important for our #literacies community to embrace this multilingual approach to exploring digital spaces?

A2: I think play and games are such a powerful way to understand children's social worlds and perspectives, and always find myself turning to @toysrtexts.bsky.social, Carmen Medina, and Mia Perry's Playful Methods as I consider play as itself an urgently needed form of #literacies research.

A1. I think about how “victory” can signify many different things depending on the context. Victory can suggest a binary between winners/losers in competitive gaming. I’m curious how cooperative gaming methods might help redefine how “victory” can look in learning environments. #literacies

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A2: I love this bridging of specialist research and the lived experiences of the communities being studied. I am not sure exactly how this looks in my own #literacies research (open to ideas). For me, this necessitates being close and in constant conversation with communities who are participating.

A2: I see so many #literacies opportunities to consider gaming team strategies and languages! Lately, I have been thinking about the ways in which such structures and language open a new level of relationality, especially in considering elevating students' contributions and voices in #literacies

In our case, the very definition of victory has evolved, based on what every gamer that has entered our project brings to the table. So, just bring it to the Round Table and let your Knights decide with you! #literacies

A1: My initial response is to think of a victory as a satisfactory outcome after working through a task. Yet I'm still puzzling over the relational aspects of who/what determines a victory. Esp when thinking about teaching, do I determine my victories? My students? #literacies

A1: Over the last few years, I have been working to intentionally reframe "victory" as focusing on being present in the moment as opposed to being fully focused on just trying to 'achieve' the next new thing, step, etc. #literacies

A1 1/2: In my life and #literacies scholarship, I define victory as a life well lived, which for me emphasizes the importance of relationality and health with myself and with those around me.

A1: Victory has so much to do with the speculative for me, imagining something, then building it into reality. #literacies

Q2: #TeamLaV approached research design by adopting gaming team strategies and language to build our methods. What would that approach look like when studying other topics in #literacies research?

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"Q1: The "Language-as-Victory” (LaV) Framework invites us to define victory beyond just “winning.” How do you define “victory” in your life, your teaching, your scholarship?"

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