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Direct linkWedin, Asa – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
In this paper I argue that literacy, as an aspect of language, is closely related to power. With the example of Karagwe, I show that different literacy practices relate differently to power. In Karagwe dominant literacies that are officially prescribed and standardised have a main function to sort people and maintain authority. As they are spread…
Descriptors: Norms, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Rural Areas
