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Publication details [#58094]

Oliver, Michelle. 2013. Language mapping for education policy realisation from below. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 44 (3) : 6–32.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

categorization | education | language planning | language policy | language spread

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper examines how GIS-mapping of language-linked variables at school level may help South African language planning and policy implementation support, drawing on ideas like ‘public participation GIS’ (NCGIA 1996) and ‘counter-mapping’ (Peluso 1995).