As the world turns: Constructing the problem of cultural illiteracy
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Deconstructing the problem
- Defining cultural illiteracy
- Rochefort and Cobb's view
- Contextualizing the problem
- The social problem of cultural illiteracy
- The urgency of the problem
- Conclusion
- References
Abstract
Miscommunication happens every day, in every type of forum, for many different reasons. Sometimes the incident is simply that - a miscommunication, but other times it bears witness to a deeper misunderstanding, based on or ignoring one's cultural or ethnic group. The current name that I offer for this problem is cultural illiteracy. I have previously referred to this problem as cultural incompetence, with the ultimate solution being a universal cultural competence. Of course, from the framework of Standpoint Theory (Robbins et al., 2006) and Freire's (1993) Pedagogy of the Oppressed, it may seem that the need for such a competency is more urgent amongst populations of power, or in the Freirean vernacular, the "oppressors".
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