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Direct linkHoenes del Pinal, Eric – Language Policy, 2016
One of the most far-reaching reforms undertaken by the Catholic Church as part of the Second Vatican Council was the adoption of vernacular languages in the liturgy. The transition from Latin to vernaculars was not unproblematic, however, as it raised several practical and theoretical questions regarding the relationship between local churches and…
Descriptors: Catholics, American Indian Languages, Churches, Bilingualism
Poppema, Margriet – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2009
The Guatemalan educational system has been the most unequal system in the Latin American region ever since the 1950s. The indigenous Maya people, who constitute around half of the population, experienced the state mainly through repression, exploitative labour relationships and exclusion from education. The return to democracy and the peace…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Democracy, Educational Objectives, Maya (People)
Download full textSommers, Meredith; And Others – 1993
This educational packet is produced as a tribute to Guatemalan activist and Nobel Peace prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu, and in honor of the Year of Indigenous People, 1993, as declared by the United Nations. The core of the packet is a simulation exercise based on an indigenous family in a Guatemalan village on the day the Peace prize was…
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Liberties, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
