List of photographs and maps
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction, Catherine Kell and Anna Robinson-Pant
Section 1: Theoretical perspectives on literacy, learning and social change
1. Why literacy and social change?, Anna Robinson-Pant
2. Unpacking the linguistic in changing conceptualisations of literacy: language/s, script/s and ontologies, Catherine Kell
3. "Widow" as a bodily assemblage: Reconceptualising the body in learning and change, Amina Singh
4. The coloniality of literacy: Latinisation and Arabicisation of the script in Sudan, Ashraf Abdelhay, Mohammad Alkhair and Abdelrahim Hamid Mugaddam
5. Adult literacy as a catalyst for empowerment, Vicky Duckworth and Amanda Fulford
Section 2: Literacy practices and social change: trajectories, identities and resources
6. "We learn in struggle": the contributions of Literacy Studies for Adult Education in Brazil, Claudia Lemos Vóvio and Luanda Rejane Soares Sito
7. A telling tale: Life history, Dalit women and literacy for social change, Malini Ghose
8. Protest literacies in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro: Social change or social transformation?, Jamie D. I. Duncan
9. The Role of Literature in Resisting Social Change: A Small-Scale Case Study, Mostafa Hasrati and Pedram Lalbhaksh
Section 3: Taking hold of adult literacy and learning in policy and practice
10. A changing adult literacy and learning landscape: case studies from Indigenous Australia, Ros Bauer and Inge Kral
11. Adults' eloquence literacy as a means of adapting to social transformation: A case study on adult literacy in Xi'an, China, Dengke Liu, Rong Wen, Chenbing Wu and Jiacheng Li
12. A Haven and a Vehicle: Generating transformational learning experiences in a formal university graduate school using adult nonformal education methods, Michael Gibbons, Tom Lent and Beck Waghorne
13. Learning for global social justice: the contribution of global citizenship and education for sustainable development, Douglas Bourn
