Literacy Programs in Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22369288 |
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| Authors | Robert G Schwab (Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2234 |
| OpenAlex | W3081721751 |
| ISBN | 9781118924396 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Anthropology has played an important role in extending the understanding of literacy and its relationship to development. Early anthropologists argued that the invention of writing was the hallmark of civilization. Later, anthropologists took to the field and wrote ethnographies in which they described literacy not as an autonomous set of skills but as a set of socially situated practices. This view has been important in extending the notion of literacy beyond that of a text‐based phenomenon to include multiple forms of literacy, or multiliteracies. Anthropological insights also have challenged the means and ends of literacy programs in development contexts, showing that, while literacy can empower, it may also act as colonization in a new guise, devaluing indigenous language and identity. Future research on literacy and development will need to explore the implications of lifelong and life‐wide notions of literacy, and the emergence of multimodal and digital literacies
Aesthetics · Art · Biology · Civilization · Critical literacy · Ethnography · Indigenous · Information literacy · Literacy · Pedagogy · Political science · Situated · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · ICT in Developing Communities · Literacy, Media, and Education · Media, Communication, and Education · Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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