Paulo Freire, Eduardo Frei, Literacy Training and the Politics of Consciousness Raising in Chile, 1964 to 1970

Bibliographic Data

ID7856673
AuthorsAndrew J Kirkendall (Mitchell Institute, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume36
Issue4
Pages687-717
Publication date2004-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x04008132
OpenAlexW1968377847
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This article examines the politics of literacy during the administration of Chilean President Eduardo Frei. Literacy training was an essential part of Christian Democratic efforts to promote agrarian reform and rural unionisation and incorporate the peasantry into the Chilean political system. Paulo Freire, working for the ministries of agriculture and education, was able to employ his innovative ‘consciousness raising’ techniques throughout Chile. In practice, the campaign often blurred the line between creating a critical consciousness and creating a Christian Democratic consciousness, while Freire himself became caught up in political struggles within the administration over the extent and pace of reform

Administration (probate law) · Agrarian reform · Agriculture · Consciousness · Democracy · Geography · Literacy · Pace · Political consciousness · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · History · Law · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci · Public Administration

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