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Literacy Campaigns and the Indigenization of Modernity: Rearticulations of Capitalism
Author(s) -
Bialostok Steve
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.2006.37.4.381
Subject(s) - indigenization , indigenous , literacy , modernity , sociology , colonialism , capitalism , educational anthropology , sociology of education , information literacy , development anthropology , anthropology , social science , gender studies , political science , pedagogy , ethnography , social change , ecology , politics , law , biology , social transformation , gender and development
Many current literacy campaigns intended for indigenous peoples in Third World countries are reconceptualizations of earlier colonial projects and conform to the needs of late‐modern capitalism. Early anthropology may have influenced the discourses surrounding literacy, but current anthropologists have charted important cultural and linguistic territories that provide vital information to use when conceptualizing indigenous literacy education. Anthropology can also play a role in supporting indigenizing modernities through literacy programs.