Beschreibung
This study presents challenging findings on language choice and discourse
formation in participatory development co-operation. Situated in the
framework of two rural development programmes in Tanzania, it questions
multilingual routines in development co-operation and deals with issues of
linguistic exclusion in postcolonial societies. At the same time, it
demonstrates how development objectives are negotiated at grass-root
level, addressing persistent questions of agency in donor-driven planning
processes.
Irmi Maral-Hanak is Associate Professor at the African Studies and
Development Studies Programmes of the University of Vienna, Austria.
