ABSTRACT

Learning to read the word and the world and navigate the complex landscapes of globalization requires new forms of knowledge and social practices. New media and communications technologies require media and digital literacies; transnational fl ows of people necessitate abilities to understand different cultures and perspectives; postindustrial labor relies on new kinds of cognitive, communication, and social skills; symbolic and image-based mediascapes and ideoscapes suggest the need for new spatial logics and visual literacies; fi nancescapes and global fl ows of capital require critical and quantitative literacies.