[Xmca-l] Re: Gunther Kress

[Charles Bazerman]

His works on children's writing and multimodality were foundational. He was
a very decent, gentle, and open person who was always ready to discuss
ideas and provide really interesting and useful perspectives. His absence
will be palpable.
Chuck
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The U.S. is a nation of immigrants.
History will judge.
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On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 1:54 PM Alfredo Jornet Gil <a.j.gil@ils.uio.no>
wrote:

> Thank you for sharing these very sad news, Shirley. Kress has been and
> continues to be a most important reference to any scholar interested in the
> role of communication in learning and education. Very sorry to hear of this
> loss.
>
> Alfredo
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
> on behalf of Shirley Franklin <s.franklin08@btinternet.com>
> Sent: 21 June 2019 19:07
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: [Xmca-l]  Gunther Kress
>
> Members of this list will be very upset to hear that sadly Gunther Kress
> died, suddenly, of a heart attack, in Italy.
>
> His work in semiotics, genres and  meaning-making  was inspired and
> inspiring. For me it was life- changing. I will never forget when he first
> came to the Institute of Education in 1991 and introduced a very different
> way of looking at texts, to the English department there. He continued to
> be a lifelong friend and colleague.
>
> Shirley Franklin
>
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