Towards a Higher Education System for Indigenous Students? Intercultural universities in Mexico
In Mexico, since 2003 an alternative university subsystem explicitly directed towards indigenous students has been emerging. In this article, we critically analyze these so-called “intercultural universities” as a new kind of higher education institution, through empirical research from different st...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repositorio: | Educação & Realidade |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/116232 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/educacaoerealidade/article/view/116232 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Multiculturalism Intercultural Education Intercultural Higher Education Indigenous Students Mexico. Multiculturalismo Educação Intercultural Ensino Superior Intercultural Estudantes Indígenas México. |
| Sumario: | In Mexico, since 2003 an alternative university subsystem explicitly directed towards indigenous students has been emerging. In this article, we critically analyze these so-called “intercultural universities” as a new kind of higher education institution, through empirical research from different states of the art, from our own collaborative-ethnographic research project carried out in Veracruz and from annually organized, inter-institutional seminars on intercultural universities. Our analysis pinpoints shared tensions and contradictions, but also identifies different types of intercultural universities. We conclude with some recommendations for intercultural higher education policies in Mexico and Latin America. |
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