New Languages of the State: Indigenous Resurgence and the Politics of Knowledge

Description: New Languages of the State by Bret Gustafson Analyzes bilingual intercultural education in Bolivia. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description During the mid-1990s, a bilingual intercultural education initiative was launched to promote the introduction of indigenous languages alongside Spanish in public elementary schools in Bolivias indigenous regions. Bret Gustafson spent fourteen years studying and working in southeastern Bolivia with the Guarani, who were at the vanguard of the movement for bilingual education. Drawing on his collaborative work with indigenous organizations and bilingual-education activists as well as more traditional ethnographic research, Gustafson traces two decades of indigenous resurgence and education politics in Bolivia, from the 1980s through the election of Evo Morales in 2005. Bilingual education was a component of education reform linked to foreign-aid development mandates, and foreign aid workers figure in New Languages of the State, as do teachers and their unions, transnational intellectual networks, and assertive indigenous political and intellectual movements across the Andes.Gustafson shows that bilingual education is an issue that extends far beyond the classroom. Public schools are at the center of a broader battle over territory, power, and knowledge as indigenous movements across Latin America actively defend their languages and knowledge systems. In attempting to decolonize nation-states, the indigenous movements are challenging deep-rooted colonial racism and neoliberal reforms intended to mold public education to serve the market. Meanwhile, market reformers nominally embrace cultural pluralism while implementing political and economic policies that exacerbate inequality. Juxtaposing Guarani life, language, and activism with intimate portraits of reform politics among academics, bureaucrats, and others in and beyond La Paz, Gustafson illuminates the issues, strategic dilemmas, and imperfect alliances behind bilingual intercultural education. Notes Analyzes bilingual intercultural education in Bolivia Back Cover "A beautifully crafted, magnificently expansive, and inspiring work of engaged historical ethnography! Bret Gustafson traces Bolivias heralded experiment in bilingual education by planting it deep in the subsoil of Guaran Author Biography Bret Gustafson is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. Table of Contents About the Series ixAcknowledgments xiAcronyms xvOn Languages and Labels xixIntroduction. Ethnographic Articulations in the Age of Pachakuti 1Part 1. Resurgent Knowledge 1. Soldiers, Priests, and Schools: State Building in the Andes and the Guarani Frontier 33Interlude. To Camiri 612. Guarani Scribes: Bilingual Education as Indigenous Resurgence 65Interlude. To Itavera 953. Guarani Katui: Schooling, Knowledge, and Movement in Itavera 101Part 2. Transnational Articulations Interlude. To La Paz, via Thailand 1354. Networking Articulations: EIB from Project to Policy 143Interlude. Bolivia or Yugoslavia 1715. Prodding Nerves: Intercultural Disruption and Managerial Control 175Part 3. Return to Struggle Interlude. La Indiada, como para Dar Miedo 2096. Insurgent Citizenship: Interculturalism beyond the School 215Interlude. Interculturalism to Decolonization 2477. Shifting States 253Notes 285Glossary 301References 303Index 319 Review "Much anticipated by anthropologists of Latin America, New Languages of the State is an entirely new contribution to the ethnography of the Andes, and it speaks to much broader issues about development banks, globalization, indigenous movements, and more. Bret Gustafson makes sense of transnational processes, bureaucratic logics, and ideological formations by moving between diverse locales in Bolivia, from the most remote locations in Chaco, to the upscale professional offices of La Paz, and then on to international meetings in Thailand and the United States." Julia Paley, author of Marketing Democracy: Power and Social Movements in Post-Dictatorship Chile "A beautifully crafted, magnificently expansive, and inspiring work of engaged historical ethnography! Bret Gustafson traces Bolivias heralded experiment in bilingual education by planting it deep in the subsoil of Guarani culture and politics and by projecting it against the larger canvas of neoliberal reformism in the 1990s. In plotting the choreography of state, NGO, and grassroots struggles over indigenous knowledge and schooling, Gustafson opens up new horizons on Bolivias vibrant Guarani movement and its radicalizing agendas in the early 2000s. This is, quite simply, the work of a seasoned anthropologist and gifted writer."--Brooke Larson, author of Trials of Nation Making: Liberalism, Race, and Ethnicity in the Andes, 1810-1910 Promotional Analyzes bilingual intercultural education in Bolivia Review Quote "While arguably the best ethnography of Guarani country produced in recent years, Gustafsons book is also situated at the intersections of state-building and social movements; it will therefore be of broad interest to scholars in anthropology, political science, sociology, and beyond. . . . This book is clearly a major contribution to our understanding of contemporary Bolivia, indigenous movements, and the politics of indigenous education. . . . With a keen understanding of the contentious nature of Bolivian society, Gustafson has provided a complex and compelling portrait of new forms of struggle, belonging, and hope. As news of violent conflicts in Bolivia continues to surface, the need for such a message could scarcely be more urgent." - Mara Elena Garc, Current Anthropology Promotional "Headline" Analyzes bilingual intercultural education in Bolivia Details ISBN0822345463 Short Title NEW LANGUAGES OF THE STATE Publisher Duke University Press Series Narrating Native Histories Language English ISBN-10 0822345463 ISBN-13 9780822345466 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2009 Imprint Duke University Press Subtitle Indigenous Resurgence and the Politics of Knowledge in Bolivia Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2009-07-10 AU Release Date 2009-07-10 NZ Release Date 2009-07-10 US Release Date 2009-07-10 Author Bret Gustafson Pages 352 Publication Date 2009-07-10 DEWEY 370.1170984 Illustrations 8 photographs, 1 table, 1 map Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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