Literacy and globalization
Subtitle: reading and writing in times of social and cultural change
By: Uta Papen.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Literacy -- Namibia; Literacy programs -- Namibia; Globalization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Literacy in Namibia: local and global dimensions of reading and writing; title: Introduction to the ethnographic context: Namibia 12 years after achieving independence; title: Studying literacy in Namibia: multiple methods and multiple roles; title: Everything is in English: literacies of work and public life in Katutura and Windhoek; title: Banks, loans and invoices: bureaucratic literacy practices; title: Shopping without money: literacies of consumerism; title: Visit one of the most untamed and beautiful parts of wild Africa : introduction to literacy and tourism in Namibia; title: Signposts, flyers and brochures: promotional literacy practices; title: anmire damara cultural village : the discourses of eco- and ethno-tourism; title: Meeting literacies face-to-face tours: experience with the Windhoek municipality; title: A further example of meeting literacies: the consultant's report; title: Learning new literacies : a social literacies perspective; title: Literacy, power and change: implications for the theory and practice of adult literacy.