Have Meaning, Will Travel

The most important concept I took away from chapter 7 of Travel Notes from the NLS is that "meaning can travel and traverse modes" and that "literacy does not travel" (Kell, p. 165).

The mode of Noma's meaning (her house was in need of repair) transformed as it traversed the margins of distinct activity systems, from verbal presentation (or performance) to written text, to conversation and community discourse.