“My Little English”: a Case Study of Decolonial Perspectives on Discourse in an After-School Program for Refugee Youth
Abstract
Literacy “sponsorship” in refugee communities is not without its risks and limitations. For potential sponsors, risks include the commodification of refugee voices, while limits include inaccurate generalizations of those being sponsored. This essay draws from a case study of refugee student discourse to discuss how a more explicit decolonial approach to sponsorship can help sponsors rethink a giver-receiver paradigm. This approach would first deconstruct imperialist discourses of power and then replace them with new, alternatives to meaning-making. While contingent on local contexts, this study aims to set an agenda for continued debate within refugee community literacy support projects.
- Journal
- Community Literacy Journal
- Published
- 2017-01-01
- DOI
- 10.25148/clj.11.2.009131
- Open Access
- OA PDF Bronze
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