Does where we stand matter? -- Where's the top? -- North is up and south is down but the world is round -- How do South African map makers draw South Africa? -- Standpoint or point of view -- Positions based on who we are -- The writer's position and the reader's position -- How we use language to position other people -- Positioning -- Do newspapers use language to position readers? -- How a writer of history uses language to position readers -- How a different historian positions the reader differently -- History from above and history from below -- Positioning ocuurs in contexts -- 'Where' is part of the context that affects meaning -- What we know from previous texts is part of the context -- Pictures are part of the context -- Using what we have learnt to read texts critically -- Text to interrogate