Literacy arts has been significantly impacted by Appropriation (art).
" Consequently the history of literacy includes the transformation of social systems that have relied on literacy, and the changing uses of literacy within those evolving systems, as Jack Goody has documented
 In regard to the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the UN in 2015, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning has declared the "central role of literacy in responding to sustainable development challenges such as health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability

