![]() In terms of country and social background, Horton and Freire were so different, yet their ideas converged on the question of enabling the deprived, rather than writing a script on behalf of the provider.Īfter reading the book, it is not difficult for those involved in the campaign of adult literacy in Bihar to recognise the striking similarity between Bihar and the Appalachian region of USA where Horton had worked, and Brazil, the concern of Freire. The narration is fully contextualised, in the context of both the USA - a very rich country, and Brazil - a moderately rich one. ![]() The speaking book is a gripping sociological narration: it not only records the state of the deprived, but also outlines a strategy that the deprived must adopt to alter their status quo. Horton and Freire's book essentially argues that the strategy of ‘enabling from below' is possibly the only one that could change the status of a marginalised community. ![]() The genesis of the idea of instituting a lecture series in memory of Myles Horton and Paulo Freire can precisely be attributed to their book 'We Make the Road by Walking', a Hindi translation of which was published by the Asian Development Research Institute. ![]()
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