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Recognizing indigenous languages : double binds of state policy and teaching Kichwa in Ecuador /

"What follows when state institutions name historically oppressed languages as official? What happens when bilingual education activists gain the right to coordinate schooling from upper-level state offices? The intercultural bilingual school system in Ecuador has been one of the most prominent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Limerick, Nicholas (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:Oxford studies in the anthropology of language.
Subjects:
Education, Bilingual > Ecuador.
Language policy > Ecuador.
Multicultural education > Ecuador.
Quechua language > Study and teaching > Ecuador.
Quechua language > Dialects > Ecuador.
Indians of South America > Ecuador > Ethnic identity.
Éducation interculturelle > Équateur.
Quechua (Langue) > Dialectes > Équateur.
Education, Bilingual
Indians of South America > Ethnic identity
Language policy
Multicultural education
Quechua language > Dialects
Quechua language > Study and teaching
Ecuador
Education.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing double binds of state institutions and linguistic recognition
  • The intercultural era: Kichwa, literacy, and schooling in national politics and policy
  • Unified Kichwa? Unions, divisions, and overlap in language standardization
  • Promise and predicament as professionals
  • Translating the law to Kichwa
  • Speaking for a state: how and whom to greet?
  • Modeling intercultural citizenship through language instruction.