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Critical literacy is a field that addresses imbalances of power and, in particular, pays attention to the voices of those who are less frequently heard. When critical literacy education is joined with a material cultural studies approach, which holds that cultural“stuff”(Miller, 2010) matters as a form of expression and also as embedded cultural practice, literacy practices such as hip hop and vernacular literacies are then given more attention alongside canonical texts. Stories connected to objects and home experience can provide a platform and starting point for text-making. Text-making can also be set within a framework that is multimodal and allows for a much wider concept of meaning making. In this article we combine practical examples with a new theoretical framework that brings these traditions together.  \nKeywords: Artifactual Literacy, Critical Literacy, Multimodal Literacy  \n…we have the “blanket box” in my basement. The blanket box is our family heirloom. It contains photo albums, baby books, marriage licenses, death certificates, a mayonnaise jar full of hand written recipes, and a ton of stories.(Wihelm, 2003, p. 87)  \nKP: And you also talked about an old suitcase?  \nRK: Yes, mum’s, I do believe she has still got it. I will ask her. I remember very vividly as a child this brown leather suitcase with all these labels on it. I assume they had labels at that time—they weren’t the kind you could takeoff—and mum saying dad had used it for several years, and this is all the places he had gone to—I think she’s got it somewhere.  \n(Interview, RK, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK September 19, 2006)  \nWhen Ruksana told the story of her father’s family suitcase, with labels on it from all over the world, she was evoking the tales of her family’s migrations across continents that were instantiated within the story of the suitcase. Artifactual critical literacy is an approach that combines a focus on objects, and the stories attached to them, with an understanding of how different stories have different purchase in particular locations. Some stories are more powerful than others in that they are more visible. However, we wish to highlight less visible stories. These are sometimes  \n1 Acknowledgements to the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), UK for Ferham Families. Kate Pahl can be contacted at [k.pahl@sheffield.ac.uk. She](k.pahl@sheffield.ac.uk. She) currently directs the Ed.D. in Literacy and Language at the University of Sheffield.  \nBerkeley Review of Education Vol. 2 No . 2, pp. 129-151  \n130 Pahl & Rowsell  \nlinked to experience and to objects in the home, like Ruksana’s family suitcase or the blanket box in Wilhelm’s (2003) study. By bringing together the material with the situated, we can understand how children experience home literacy practices in a way that accounts for material culture (the things that lie around us in everyday life) and lived experience.  \nCritical literacy has been an emerging but promising conceptual framework for literacy scholars, particularly","cbCailzWcQcbjARf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailzWcQcbjARf","pdf",2205072,24,"English","# Abstract\n## Proposed framework: artifactual critical literacy\n## Critical literacy, power, and marginalized voices\n## Material cultural studies and literacy practices\n## Multimodality and multimodal texts\n## Home literacy, artifacts, and everyday storytelling","[{\"question\":\"What framework does the article introduce for literacy education?\",\"answer\":\"It introduces artifactual critical literacy, combining material cultural studies with critical literacy education to broaden what counts as literacy and meaning-making.\"},{\"question\":\"How does critical literacy relate to power and whose voices are prioritized?\",\"answer\":\"Critical literacy focuses on power imbalances and emphasizes voices that are less frequently heard, especially in educational settings.\"},{\"question\":\"How do objects and home experiences contribute to literacy practices in this approach?\",\"answer\":\"Stories connected to objects and home experiences can serve as platforms for text-making, linking literacy development to material culture and lived experience.\"}]","Artifactual Critical Literacy: A New Perspective for Literacy Education | PDF",1792079724]