Literacies, languages and developments in Peruvian Amazonia

Aikman, Sheila (2001) Literacies, languages and developments in Peruvian Amazonia. In: Literacy and Development. Literacies series . Routledge, London. ISBN 978-0-415-23451-1

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Abstract

This chapter investigates the relationship between literacy and development in a bilingual society in the Department of Madre de Dios in south-eastern Peru, a region of lowland tropical rainforest bordering with Brazil and Bolivia. It examines different and contested development discourses and practices and the conceptualisations of and expectations for literacy embedded in them. The Harakmbut peoples are currently implementing two development projects, which are conceived within the discourse of the indigenous movement for selfdetermination. These projects, one concerned with establishing intercultural bilingual education in the primary school and the other an integrated sustainable development strategy are shaped by the Harakmbut people’s aims for their selfdevelopment and by deteriorating political and environmental conditions pertaining in Madre de Dios. The projects have different implications for the sustainability and development of literacy practices in Harakmbut-a predominantly oral language-and Spanish.

Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development
Related URLs:	https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/e...
Depositing User:	Abigail Dalgleish
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2011 14:44
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2022 00:52
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/32281
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