Schools in the forest : how grassroots education brought political empowerment to the Brazilian Amazon /

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 ric...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heyck, Denis Lynn Daly
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2010.
Temas:
Projeto Seringueiro.
Fundamental education > Brazil.
Fundamental education > Amazon River Region.
Rubber tappers > Education > Brazil.
Rubber tappers > Education > Amazon River Region.
Rubber tappers > Political activity > Brazil.
Rubber tappers > Political activity > Amazon River Region.
Formation fondamentale > Brésil.
Récolteurs de caoutchouc > Éducation > Brésil.
Récolteurs de caoutchouc > Activité politique > Brésil.
EDUCATION > Aims & Objectives.
Fundamental education.
Amazon River Region.
Brazil.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 g.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 179 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781565493964
1565493966

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