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Schools in the Forest: How Grassroots Education Brought Political Empowerment to the Brazilian Amazon
Denis Heyck
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJ; JPVH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
Beginning in the 1960s, the Brazilian government aggressively developed the Amazon, opening the rainforests up to ranchers and loggers who began clear-cutting at a rapid pace. The indigenous subsistence farmers already living in these areas either fled to the city or found themselves beholden to rich speculators bent on destroying the very foundation of their livelihoods. From these circumstances arose Projeto Seringueiro (Project Rubber Tapper), a radical educational experiment based on the ideas of Paulo Freire that was initially designed to simply bring literacy to the rubber tappers, but grew into much more by helping them claim their political rights, ... Read more
Beginning in the 1960s, the Brazilian government aggressively developed the Amazon, opening the rainforests up to ranchers and loggers who began clear-cutting at a rapid pace. The indigenous subsistence farmers already living in these areas either fled to the city or found themselves beholden to rich speculators bent on destroying the very foundation of their livelihoods. From these circumstances arose Projeto Seringueiro (Project Rubber Tapper), a radical educational experiment based on the ideas of Paulo Freire that was initially designed to simply bring literacy to the rubber tappers, but grew into much more by helping them claim their political rights, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Kumarian Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
179
Place of Publication
West Hartford, CT, United States
ISBN
9781565493506
SKU
V9781565493506
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