Interviews and talks with Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, and Vânia Castro

Mary Kalantzis; Bill Cope; Vania Carvalho de Castro; Záira Bomfante dos Santos; Francis Arthuso Paiva; Fei Victor Lim; Camila Cárdenas Neira

doi:10.1590/1983-3652.2026.65345

Interviews and talks with Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, and Vânia Castro

Authors

Mary Kalantzis University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6552-3780
Bill Cope University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2129-395X
Vania Carvalho de Castro University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4930-5345
Záira Bomfante dos Santos Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6162-8489
Francis Arthuso Paiva Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Colégio Técnico, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9083-3342
Fei Victor Lim Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Ave, Singapore https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3046-1011
Camila Cárdenas Neira Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1842-7200

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-3652.2026.65345

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence, Multiliteracy pedagogy, Multimodality

Abstract

Interview with Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, and Vânia Castro on Artificial Intelligence (AI), teaching and learning from the perspective of design-based learning, multiliteracy pedagogy and multimodality, conducted online in December 2025. The questions were based on the aforementioned professors’ articles about their proposal for transpositional grammar and their AI environment called Cyber Scholar. The interview consists of five thematic questions with their respective answers and references. Its content is consistent with the special issue proposal.

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References

COPE, Bill; KALANTZIS, Mary. A Multimodal Grammar of Artificial Intelligence: Measuring the Gains and Losses in Generative AI. Multimodality & Society, v. 4, n. 2, p. 123–152, 2024. DOI: 10.1177/26349795231221699.

FREIRE, Paulo. Pedagogy of Autonomy: Necessary Knowledge for Educational Practice. São Paulo: Paz e Terra, 1996.

HEIKKILÄ, Melissa. Making an Image with Generative AI Uses as Much Energy as Charging Your Phone. MIT Technology Review, Dec. 2023. Available from: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/01/1084189/making-an-image-with-generative-ai-uses-as-much-energy-as-charging-your-phone/.

HYLAND, Ken. Genre and Second Language Writing. [S. l.]: University of Michigan Press, 2004. DOI: 10.3998/mpub.23927.

HYLAND, Ken. Genre Pedagogy: Language, Literacy and L2 Writing Instruction. Journal of Second Language Writing, v. 16, p. 148–164, 2007.

KALANTZIS, Mary; COPE, Bill. Adding Sense: Context and Interest in a Grammar of Multimodal Meaning. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2020. pp. 52-54.

KALANTZIS, Mary; COPE, Bill. Literacy in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. Reading Research Quarterly, v. 60, n. 1, e591, 2025. DOI: 10.1002/rrq.591.

KALANTZIS, Mary; COPE, Bill; CHAN, Evelyn; DALLEY-TRIM, Leanne. Literacies. 2. ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Published

2026-06-18

Data Availability Statement

Data use not reported; no research data generated or used.

Issue

Vol. 19 (2026): Texto Livre: Linguagem e Tecnologia

Section

Dossier 2026: Artificial intelligence and its interfaces with social life, linguistic education, multimodality and discourse

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How to Cite

KALANTZIS, Mary; COPE, Bill; CASTRO, Vania Carvalho de; SANTOS, Záira Bomfante dos; PAIVA, Francis Arthuso; LIM, Fei Victor; NEIRA, Camila Cárdenas. Interviews and talks with Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, and Vânia Castro. Texto Livre, Belo Horizonte-MG, v. 19, p. e65345, 2026. DOI: 10.1590/1983-3652.2026.65345. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/textolivre/article/view/65345. Acesso em: 18 oct. 2026.