Remapping the Relations Between Schools and Indigenous Communities: Intercultural and Bilingual Preschools in Chile

• In Event: 29.090 - Roundtable Session 9
  In Roundtable Session: 29.090-7 - Persistence, Motivation, and Community Capital Across International Contexts

Abstract

This research is based on the hypothesis that without a remapping of the relations of intercultural and bilingual (IBE) schools and communities, the lingering colonial disciplinary power of schools may simply be trying to recreate “citizen factories”. The overwhelming inequalities in the education of Mapuche children, the political tensions and the under-preparation of educators in IBE schools suggest that attempts of both reconciliation and resistance take place in the education of Mapuche children. Within this context, we aim to study IBE schools as a site in which individuals try to resist and also to reconcile Mapuche forms of community, exploring the potential breakdowns of these encounters, and actual institutional and experiential connections between agents of IBE and Mapuche communities.

Authors

• Rukmini Becerra-Lubies, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

• Ilich Silva-Peña, Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez