[Air-L] **Cfp** approaching deadline | Handbook of Critical Literacies and Gender Studies

[Ana Marta M. Flores]

**Call for Chapters: Handbook of Critical Literacies and Gender Studies**
deadline: 28 July 2023


Social, cultural, economic and political contexts are directly related to
the need for working civic and critical literacies (UNESCO, 2008).
Educational institutions play an essential role in the civic and
citizenship training of their youth and in building students’ civic
literacy abilities in the face of an increasingly complex media landscape
in the form of media education. The notions of civic and critical literacy
must be thought to include different forms of media culture, ICT and new
media. Hence, literacy analysis is deepened to relations between media and
citizens addressing topics such as gender issues or other indicators of
inequality and power imbalances, as gender differences exist both in
education and in the distribution of civic and critical skills.


Critical thinking must be promoted from the intersection of formal learning
with civic, social, and personal competencies. Media literacy is directly
linked with citizenship and civic culture (Mihailidis, 2012). The complex
media landscape increases the challenges of developing the capacities of
those literacies, intricating understandings of news and other media forms
of (mis)information circulation. The increasing digitalisation of everyday
life has increased the flow of (mis)information, which raises questions
concerning the role of media in the quality of civic and critical
literacies. Therefore, civic and critical literacies encompass
understanding the power relations that organise information, journalism and
communication in general, as well as the ability to critically understand
information conveyed by a growing number of media.

The “MyGender – Mediated young adults’ practices: advancing gender justice
in and across mobile apps” (PTDC/COM-CSS/5947/2020) project encourages the
submission of chapters of up to 5000 words of theoretical work until 28
July 2023. Scientific contributions are accepted, in ENGLISH LANGUAGE, that
address the following themes, though not limited to:

– media literacy in higher education;
– the role of Universities in the promotion of media literacy;
– the links between media landscape and civic and critical literacies;
– democracy and civic and critical literacies;
– disinformation, fake news and other dangers to civic and critical
literacies;
– media education;
– gender and civic and critical literacies;
– mobile applications and civic and critical literacies;
– mobile application regulation;
– data literacy;
– digital well-being and civic and critical literacies;
– mobile applications and subjectivities;
– critical thinking about mobile applications in higher education.

Scientific contributions should be submitted via e-mail to mygender at fl.uc.pt
by 28 July 2023. The “Handbook of Critical Literacies and Gender Studies”
will be published in cooperation with a renowned publisher under the
framework of the MyGender project.




// ANA MARTA M. FLORES

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