[ecrea] New book: Digital media and learner identity - the new curatorship

I am new to this self-promotion business but have been told by my 
publishers that this has to be done…
So here goes – with apologies in advance if this is of no interest or 
you get it more than once on different lists
Here is my new book and my first, sole-authored from original research, 
out today:

Digital Media and Learner Identity: The New Curatorship
http://us.macmillan.com/digitalmediaandlearneridentity/JohnPotter
And
http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=573420

If you are a London list member there's a small launch at the IOE 
bookshop this evening at 5 (With reduced price copies and everything!)

It may be of interest to anyone in the fields of digital media 
production and learner identity or if you are pondering "the new 
curatorship" as a cultural/literacy practice.

The blurb says this:
Many studies of digital education focus on technology rather than on the 
learners or on what they make and do with the devices they use every 
day. This book takes a different path, putting the learners and their 
lives at the heart of the narrative. Through an in-depth account of 
media production activities by younger learners it shows their 
motivations and dispositions in storying their identity in short video 
pieces. It suggests that their authoring and editing practices are 
examples of the new curatorship: the representation through life of 
identity and affiliation in digital media. It considers the implications 
of this for teaching and learning in the years to come and concludes 
with a manifesto for a future media education.

And some readers of the text familiar to list members have been kind 
enough to say these things:

"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 people and 
developing the thesis of 'new curatorship,' Potter is able to move a 
number of debates forward in the fields of media literacy and 
educational technology."
- Neil Selwyn, Monash University, Australia

"This book reflects two of the many strengths of John Potter's work in 
the field of media education. The research is rooted in his experience 
as an educator of children, young people, and teachers and has an 
authority in practice. It also challenges us to think differently about 
our understandings of identity, digital media, and curatorship and 
encourages us to engage actively with new concepts of literacy in a 
digital age."
- Avril Loveless, School of Education, University of Brighton, UK

"This authoritative new study cuts through the current confusions about 
young people, new media and learning. Potter's clarity of thought and 
innovative use of the metaphor of curatorship produces valuable insights 
into the ways in which children use digital media to negotiate culture, 
identity and social roles. Rooted in long experience of classrooms and 
in detailed empirical research, it is an essential read for researchers, 
students and practitioners in the fields of literacy, new media, and 
childhood studies."
- Andrew Burn, DARE (Digital/Arts/Research/Education), Institute of 
Education, University of London

"In this superb contribution to ideas about learning in the twenty-first 
century, John Potter artfully sidesteps the polarizing extremes of both 
technological determinism and its more reductive opposition to provide 
us with a research-based account of 'the new curatorship.' For 
academics, researchers and – most crucially – teachers seeking an 
intelligent and inclusive framework for bridging the widening gap 
between education and 'lifeworld' learning and between scales of access 
and new forms of digital 'capital,' this is exactly what we've been 
waiting for. Curatorship of identity and self through digital and social 
media is cultural, not merely technical, and Potter goes beyond 
observing this to map out a convincing strategy for our response."
- Julian McDougall, University of Wolverhampton, UK and Editor, Media 
Education Research Journal

"This book makes an original and important contribution to scholarship 
in new media. Based on a study of children's autobiographical 
film-making, John Potter vividly illustrates the explanatory power of 
the metaphor of curatorship. This is essential reading for those 
interested in new literacies and media studies."
- Guy Merchant, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Best wishes,
John
--
Dr John Potter
Senior Lecturer
London Knowledge Lab
Department of Culture, Communication and Media
Institute of Education, University of London,
23-29 Emerald Street
London
WC1N 3QS

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