The Jungle School book discussion at America Pacific Place, Tuesday 13 March 2012 6-8 pm: Bringing Literacy to Indigenous Indonesia: Butet Manurung’s Journey from Jungle to Harvard. Don’t miss it!
Butet Manurung shares the journal she kept during her first year in the jungle. She tells of her adventures with stinging bees and prowling bears, with biting ants and motorbikes. Most touchingly, she describes how her relationship with the Orang Rimba develops as she transforms from an outsider to a trusted teacher within the community. Her trials and errors are familiar to anyone who has ever been a teacher. Will learning to read and write be enough to help the Orang Rimba to save their businessrecords.com rainforest?
