Are universities ready for interculturality? The case of the Intercultural University 'Amawtay Wasi' (Ecuador)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2170267
AutoresEmma Martín-Díaz, Estela M Díaz (0000-0001-8189-7806, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen26
Número1
Páginas73-90
Fecha de publicación2017-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Latin American Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1356-9325 • E-ISSN: 1469-9575
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13569325.2016.1272443
OpenAlexW2588174412
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas14

This article focuses on the creation of the Intercultural University 'Amawtay Wasi' in 2003, and its evolution up until its final suspension from the university system in Ecuador. I reflect on the difficulty of implementing educational approaches based on locally situated cultural identities that involve epistemologies different from those which are hegemonic in academic spheres on the global level. From the point of view of the indigenous movement, the current situation is solely the result of the ignorance and arrogance of the state, which 'has led to a backlash against the gains made by indigenous people that has even led to a decline in terms of indigenous rights', calling the current government a government of 'a new colonization' (Salvador). However, interviews conducted in the years after the closure of Amawtay Wasi bring to light certain discourses and opposition that go beyond the obvious intellectual and political reluctance of the current government to maintain the Amawtay Wasi Intercultural University

Government (linguistics · Hegemony · Ignorance · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · Interculturality · Opposition (politics · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education · Law · Second Language Learning and Teaching