Overview
- Discusses the role of education in the fight against poverty and recovery of cultural and ecological diversity
- Examines interculturality in education in Ecuador from various perspectives
- Presents an original perspective from the Ecuadorian Amazonia championing indigenous voices
Part of the book series: EADI Global Development Series (EADI)
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Keywords
- Decolonialism
- Policy
- Ecuador
- Education
- Amazon
- Interculturality
About this book
This book examines interculturality in education in Ecuador at the crossroads between an educational model inherited from the colonial past, which still represents white and mestizo hegemony, and a vision of an alternative form of decolonizing education that contributes to the development of an intercultural and plurinational state, as promised in the Ecuadorian Constitution. Championing indigenous voices and discussing the role of education in the fight against poverty and in the recovery of cultural and ecological diversity, the authors propose that quality education for all, a target of the Sustainable Development Goals, should move out of the commonly defined models of technological modernization and cultural globalization that disvalue knowledge from other cultures. Through their analysis of practical experimentations of indigenous and intercultural education in Amazonian schools and universities, they conclude that enhanced preservation of indigenous languages, cultures and ecological knowledge prove fundamental prerequisites for biological conservation and strengthening societies’ resilience to climate change threats.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ruth Arias-Gutiérrez (Ecuador) is an Andean-Amazonian worker for biodiversity, equity and the exercise of rights and responsibilities. She is a full professor at the Amazon State University in Puyo, Ecuador where she has been serving as The Rector from 2019-2021. She was a PI in the project Ecocultural Pluralism in the Ecuadorian Amazon funded by the Academy of Finland. She has been a member of the environmental management network of the Ecuadorian Amazon with indigenous knowledge and is part of the European Action COST Decolonizing Development.
Paola Minoia (Italia) is an associate professor of geography at the University of Turin and an adjunct professor of global development studies at the University of Helsinki. Her research focuses on political ecology, socio-environmental justice, eco-cultural knowledges and territorialities. She was the Principal Investigator in the project Ecocultural Pluralism in the Ecuadorian Amazon funded by the Academy of Finland, a co-leader in the COST network Decolonising Development, and a member of the Executive Committee of EADI.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plurinationality and epistemic justice
Book Subtitle: The challenges of intercultural education in Ecuadorian Amazonia
Editors: Ruth Arias-Gutiérrez, Paola Minoia
Series Title: EADI Global Development Series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-58859-4Due: 26 July 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-58862-4Due: 26 July 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-58860-0Due: 26 July 2024
Series ISSN: 2947-8529
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 142
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Ruth Arias-Gutiérrez and Paola Minoia (2023) Plurinacionalidad y justicia epistémica, retos de la educación intercultural en la Amazonía ecuatoriana. Abya Yala, Quito.