Freire's longevity in intercultural education: entangled histories from Colombian and Mexican higher education. (4th July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Montoya-Peláez, Leonardo; Cortés, Laura Selene Mateos; Dietz, Gunther
• Is Part Of: Language & intercultural communication. Volume 21:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 488
• Page End: 501
• Publication Date: 2021-07-04
• Subjects: Popular education -- intercultural education -- indigenous education -- participatory action-research -- Cauca (Colombia) -- Veracruz (Mexico); Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Intercultural communication -- Periodicals; 306.4405
• DOI: 10.1080/14708477.2021.1957909
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1470-8477

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In this paper we comparatively analyze the transnational migration of Freirean critical pedagogy to intercultural higher education in two plurilingual indigenous regions, the Cauca department (Colombia) and the state of Veracruz (Mexico). Through a case study of the Universidad Autónoma Indígena Intercultural (UAIIN), an indigenous intercultural university created by the Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca, in Colombia, and the Universidad Veracruzana Intercultural (UVI), an intercultural higher education initiative created inside Universidad Veracruzana, we identify a triangle of innovation that involves (1) indigenous community education, (2) Freirean popular education promoted by social movements and (3) academically inspired intercultural and plurilingual education.