Introduction
Literacy
as a form of
CULTURAL POLITICS
functions to
empower people
disempower people
serves
Reproduce
existing
SOCIAL formations
Produce
a set of CULTURAL practices
promotes
Democratic Change
Emancipatory Change
viewed
NOT as
Cultural Reproduction
Development of
SKILLS
acquiring
Dominant Standard Language
Meaningful as
Cultural Production
Integral Part of
the way People
1 PRODUCE
2 TRANSFORM Mediating
3 REPRODUCE Comfirming
MEANING
He Argues
use of
Native Languages
in Litcy Prog
Emancipatory Pedgy
Critical appropriation
own
culture
history
Language
Portuguese Language
Reproduction of
Neocolonialist
elitist Mentality
EX-PORTUGUESE COLONIES
in Africa
Educational Policies
to Stamp out
Illiteracy
eradicate
Colonial Educational Legacy
Education
is
1 discriminatory
2 Mediocre
3 Verbalism Based
not for
National Reconstruction
Schooling
Divorced from
REALITY
is
AntiDemocratic in
1 Methods
2 Content
3 Objectives
After Independence
Schools
Decolonization of
Re-Africanization of
to appropriate
H/C/L
To Study OWN
struggle
for Liberation
Resistance
History
Geography
Mentality
Radical Pedagogy
Language Vs
African?
Protuguese?
if
Neocolonialist Literacy
eliminating
illiteracy
Difficult
Reappropriate
African culture
Q
Language of the Colonizer
concerns
Functional Literacy
prey to
Positivistic approach
Instrumental approach
Mechanical Acquisition
Of Protuguese
Schools 1975
purpose
Deculturation
of natives
Acculturated
into Predefined colonial Model
are
Political Sites
Produce/ Reproduce
a Class
b Gender
c Racial
INEQUITIES
Inculcate
African
Beliefs
Myths
denied/ belittled
1 Lived experiences
2 History
3 Culture
4 Language
Function to secure
Social
Idiological
Reproduction of
Capital
Institution
capital Accumulation
Reproduction of the Labor force
like
Low Level Functionaries
Belief- Becoming white
as Superior to African Peasants
as "white"or "Black" with white solus
purifying
i. Deep rooted ignorance
ii. Savage culture
iii. Bastardized Language
Politics of Emancipatory Literacy
I Various Approaches
2 Role of Language
3 Literacy Approach
dynamics of
Critical Pedag
Radi Pedag
allow
Oppressed
to re-create their
History/ Culture/ Language
Approaches to Literacy AUCR
Traditional Ap
deeply ingrained in
positivistic method
of
inquiry
is
Scientific Rigor
methodological refinedment
ignores
Interrelationship
Sociopolitical Structures
Act of Reading
finally
Readers as
are
empty conscious body
filled by
Teachers
objects
Cultural Reproduction
1 Academic Ap
two fold
I) Well-Educated Man
learn
Classics
Articulate
in Spoken/ Written
Actively engaged in
Intellectual Pursuits
acquisition of
Predefined
knowledge
Latin/ Greek Classics
II) High Standards
for masses/ Working class
Acquisition of
Reading skills
Vocabulary Dev
Decoding skills
ignores
H/Lived Exp/L
over emphasizes
Mastery
of
Reading/Writing/Vocabulary
Classical Literature
Reproduction of
Dominant
meaning
values
2 Utilitarian Ap
focus
Basic Reading
requirements of
contemporary Society
Mechanical
Q?
Critical Analysis
of
social
political order
ignored
critical Thinking
culture
power
Functional Literacy
for
Technological society
as
Advanced Industrialised
UNESCO for
Economic
betterment
job
Meeting
Basic Reading Demand
of our
Industrialised Society
3 Cognitive Dev Ap
Mastery of
Reading skills
seen
Intellectual Process
through
fixed
value-free
Universal Stages of Development
Readers as
OBJECTS
Stresses
Construction of MEANING
through
Problem-Solving process
Readers engage in
Dialectial Interaction
through
Objective World
Themselves
Cognitive Dev
Simple to Complex
Dev New cognitive Structure
fail to consider
Content for Reading
emphasis on Process
students able to
Analyse/ Critique
increased level of
complexity
issues raised in
text
4 Romantic Ap
based on
Interactionist Appr
focus
Construction of
MEANING
not b/w
Author/ Reader
by Readers
emphasizes
AFFECTIVE
emotional
fulfillent of
SELF -/ affirmation
for
joy
Pleasure
Jouful Experience
Release of
Tension
fails
class conflict
gender
racial / structural inequalities
ignores
Cultural capital of
Subordinate Groups
Assuems
All have SAME Access
fails to see
Link b/w
Reading
Asymmetrical Relations of POWER
All appr Fail to provide
Empowering HISTORICAL agents
with
logic of individual
collective self-determination
ignored
Role of Language
for construction of
HUMAN subjectivities
Role of Language in Literacy
linguistic context
Asymmetrical POWER Relations
Debate
Language of Instruction
vs
Portuguese Lang
has
International Status
Provides
Access to Political/ Economic Power
for
high echelon of African Society
screen out
Majority
who fail
to learn Portu..
Native Languages
dev
self worth
own voice
empowerment
positive
self-concept
Readers as Subjects
faster/ better
comprehension
Educators say
which Dialect?
lack of
Orthographic Uniformity
GRAMSCI
Reorganization of
Cultural Hegemony
eg: US
social reality? vs
asymmetrical power relations
EMANCIPATORY LITERACY
Revolutionary Plan
to reconstruct NEW & MORE
More Democratic
1. Societies
2. Educators
3. Political Leaders
Educational Praxis
==>Ideas/ Theory==>
==>Action==>
==>Reflection==>
both
Reading skills
Critical understanding
of reality
Critical Reflection
Dialectical Relationship
with Dominant Group
to LIBERATE
self
oppressor
for Critical Consciousness
Elite model Creates
Intellectualists/ Technocrats
than
Intellectuals/ Technicians
Critical Tool to reclaim Recreate Reappropriate
for
1 Reflection
2 Critical Thinking
3 Social Interaction
Our OWN
History /Culture /Language