An innovative book for every educator concerned with engaging in real action in the world and turning theory into practice. It is designed for researchers and teachers interested in critical literacies to make sense of their work. If there is only one book you read as a critical educator this year, it should be this one. 'It is not surprising that it is Janks, Comber and Vasquez who are making this timely and compelling contribution to the field of Critical Literacy. From their respective positions at the vanguard of the field, they are ideally placed to take stock of Critical Literacy. This important Research Agenda looks back at seminal Critical Literacy models, takes note of emerging theories that offer potential to breathe new life into the field, and showcases a range of innovative practices taking place in classrooms and cities across the world. In our troubled and troubling times, this is indispensable reading for those of us seeking to navigate literacy and literacy education with ethical, imaginative and transformative criticality. -- Ana Ferreira, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 'Janks, Comber, and Vasquez chart a course for critical literacy scholarship in a post-truth era, shaped by book bans and doublespeak, authoritarian politics and climate crisis. A world, in short, that has never needed critical literacy more. A Research Agenda for Critical Literacy is essential reading.' -- Rob Simon, The University of Toronto, Canada Janks, Comber and Vasquez have curated a critically important Research Agenda handbook for our times. Imaginative and thought-provoking, it presents scholarship and practice that unsettles hegemonic ways of knowing and opens up rich, vibrant spaces for feeling, being and doing critical literacies. Featuring cutting edge writing by new and established scholars in the field, this must-read book offers hope and possibilities to those committed to working positively and creatively to help recalibrate a troubled world. -- Cathy Burnett, Sheffield Hallam University, UK This book is an urgent warning flare in dark times: a reconnoitering of critical literacies in the contexts of planetary and species destruction, AI and the digital reorganisation of work and everyday life, and, yet again, the horrors of fascism and genocide. -- Allan Luke, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
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