This short paper serves two purposes. First, it provides an overview of the theory of multiliteracies and a definition of its key concepts. Consistent with previous versions of the multiliteracies argument, the paper examines: the “why” of contemporary social context with its insistent calls to diversity and the demands of digital media; the “what” of multiliteracies in a grammar of multiform or multimodal meaning; and the “how” of multiliteracies pedagogy as a repertoire of knowledge processes. Second, the paper updates the original article based on the recent work of Kalantzis and Cope in the areas of computer-mediated meaning and the development of a transpositional grammar. The paper ends with a call to education justice to address unequal diversity.

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Multiliteracies - A Short Update

• Kalantzis, Mary and Bill Cope, "Multiteracies: A Short Update,” International Journal of Literacies, 30(2):1-15, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0136/CGP/v30i02/1-15.

See also, recent publications:

• Towards Education Justice: A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies, Revisited
• Multiliteracies: Life of an Idea