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Wielokulturowość wymyślona na nowo. Edukacja dwujęzyczna w Gwatemali
Multiculturalism Reconsidered. Bilingual Education in Guatemala

Author(s): Jarema Drozdowicz
Subject(s): Education, Foreign languages learning, Social development, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Guatemala; multiculturalism; Mayas; culture; Mexico; indigenism;

Summary/Abstract: The modern Maya movement is an example of a new sort of indigenous cultural activism. The long lasting struggle for indigenous rights had finally led to the renegotiation of the social, legal and political order in countries like Guatemala and Mexico. Today we witness a vibrant indigenous activism in many fields, like education for example. This paper deals with the issue of multicultural education in the mentioned countries, but also it presents critical problems of a wider process – i.e. regaining cultural freedom after 500 years of marginalization.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-34
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English