While common usage of the word “texts” often refers to written or printed matter, literary and cultural theory extends the term to refer to any coherent set of symbols that transmit meaning to those who know how to read them. In an age where ideas may take many forms, may be expressed across many different media, then texts and reading take on new implications. Part of our goal with this project has been to inspire teachers and students, alike, to reflect on what counts as reading and what kinds of reading they perform in their everyday life. Flows of Reading introduces an expanded concept of “text” and models a new type of reader – one who reads across different media, with reading understood as an activity of sharing, deconstructing and making meaning.

In Flows of Reading, we encourage readers to take ownership of their learning as they select and pursue their own routes through each tributary of media. Each stream offers pedagogical and critical techniques that can be adapted to a range of literary works and offers teachers multiple examples to put these ideas into practice.

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