INDIGENOUS EDUCATION AND THE PERSPECTIVE ON DIVERSITY

Authors

  • Antonio Hilario Aguilera Urquiza Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Suul

Keywords:

Cultural diversity. Indigenous education. Identity. Autonomy

Abstract

The reality of indigenous peoples is always a challenge for the social sciences, particularly in relation to education, given its long history of contradictions and its use as a tool for domination by the colonial system. This paper addresses this issue of Indigenous education from the perspective of cultural diversity as an irreducible mark of these people over more than 500 years of intense contact with neo-Brazilians and Euro-descendants. Supported by previous studies and experience of fi eldwork with indigenous peoples of the Brazilian Midwest, this work seeks to substantiate the refl ection with theoretical support and at the same time, cultural elements of indigenous peoples of this region, maintaining a focus on the process of appropriation and reframing, by indigenous peoples of the school.

Author Biography

Antonio Hilario Aguilera Urquiza, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Suul

Graduação em Filosofia e Pedagogia; Pós-graduação em Antropologia; Mestrado em Educação Indígena; Doutorado em Antropologia; Professor de Antropologia da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Área: Antropologia, etnologia indígena, Direitos Humanos, Povos tradicionais (comunidades quilombolas);

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Published

2011-10-06

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2011)

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