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SOME STORIES WE TELL ABOUT BLACK PEO

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THEY LOVE TWITTER

Images: #blacktwitterbirds by Instant Vintage (Alice Naserdeen)

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND RACE/ETHNICITY

Source: Pew Research Center

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THEY RE MISUNDERSTOOD

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English?"

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language?"

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OTHER STORIES TO TELL

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AS CULTURAL CAPI

With the academic qualification, a certificate of cultural comp

which confers on its holder a conventional, constant, legally

guaranteed value with respect to culture, social alchemy prod

form of cultural capital which has a relative autonomy vis--vi

bearer and even vis--vis the cultural capital he effectively posat a given moment in time. It institutes cultural capital by colle

magic...

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DIGITAL LITERACY AS CULTURAL CAPITAL

A familiarity with and a positive disposition towardsof the burgeoning technologies of the information ageseen as an additional form of cultural capital bestowinadvantage on those families which possess them and tof appropriating their full potential.

Source: Information Literacy As Cultural Capital-- Emmison &

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SC State University

prepares highly skill

competent and soci

aware graduates to

enable them to wor

live productively in adynamic, global

society.Mission

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SAMPLE STUDENT PROJECTLets Talk About It: The Relationships of Black Men and Women

Series of interviews that captured multiple viewpoints on black intimacy aalongside several other documents (essay, poem, reflections).

I really enjoyed doing this project because it gave me a chance to get intoof a variety of people and allow them to voice their opinions. I hope that tdocumentary will help someone understand [his or her] situation better a

them that there are other people that feel the same way that they do. Alsoshow Black men and Black women how they feel about each other. StudReflection

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WRITING CAPITAL

1.Telling stories around African-American identity/Self

definition

2.Framing research as putting ones story next to anoth

3.Engaging in narrative self-reflection

4.Composition as curation supported with technology

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OUTCOMES Students use critical thinking skills to curate their con

Students are motivated to research their topics and

become producers of knowledge

Student share their work with authentic audiences

Students gain confidence and contribute to discussio

significance to their communities

Overperformance: Student are intrinsically motiva

to write and research, well beyond the payoff of gett

good grade.