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Schools in the forest : how grassroots education brought political empowerment to the Brazilian Amazon / Denis Lynn Daly Heyck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heyck, Denis Lynn Daly.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Projeto Seringueiro.
- Fundamental education--Brazil.
- Fundamental education.
- Fundamental education--Amazon River Region.
- Rubber tappers--Education--Brazil.
- Rubber tappers.
- Rubber tappers--Education--Amazon River Region.
- Rubber tappers--Political activity--Brazil.
- Rubber tappers--Political activity--Amazon River Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (199 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sterling, Va. : Kumarian Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Drawing on the experience of Projecto Seringueiro (Project Rubber Tapper), Denis Heyck reveals how a radical education experiment designed simply to bring literacy to rubber tappers in the Amazon rainforests helped the members of a threatened community to claim their political rights and preserve their cultural heritage in the face of ferocious opposition. The rubber tappers' story shows that grassroots communities can organize, form alliances, and advocate on their own behalf-and that in the trajectory of empowerment, no tool is more important than that of education.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. History
- pt. 2. Voices
- pt. 3. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-56549-396-6
- OCLC:
- 781635702
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