Language, Culture and Power: Intercultural Bilingual Education among the Urarina of Peruvian Amazonia

<p>A generalized preventive measure in Mexico against the COVID-19 pandemic was the suspension of in-person non-essential activities, including academic activities. The Universidad Intercultural del Estado de Puebla (Intercultural University of the State of Puebla - UIEP) suspended all classroom course from March 20th, 2019, until the present day. The program of Master of Science in Sustainable Natural Resource Management has remained active in a digital format, facing the following challenges: the speedy implementation of a virtual and distance teaching-learning process; the optimization of computer resources in the face of the digital gap and limited access to these technologies in the region; and an efficient traceability of research processes. COVID-19 displayed the social and digital gap present in the rural areas of Mexico, such as in the case of Sierra Norte de Puebla, in which UIEP is enclaved. However, it also displayed the ability of response and adaptation in the face of the contingency scenario caused by SARS-CoV-2.</p>

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A catequese nos primórdios da cidade de São Paulo Piratininga revisitado por ocasião dos 450 anos de sua fundação

Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira ◽

10.29386/reb.v64i256.1698 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 64 (256) ◽

pp. 903

Author(s):

Paulo Suess

Keyword(s):

Latin American ◽

Historical Context ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

São Paulo ◽

Linguistic Context ◽

Cultural Survival ◽

The Face ◽

History Of ◽

Brazilian History ◽

The City

A história da cidade de São Paulo e do Brasil é uma história de desaparecimentos e esquecimentos, de resistências e lutas pela sobrevivência física e cultural, de transformações e adaptações. Arar a memória dos destinatários e dos agentes da primeira evangelização, por ocasião dos 450 anos da “conversão do Brasil”, é uma tarefa instigante, sobretudo no contexto histórico de hoje, onde a pergunta sobre a possibilidade de um outro mundo é ao mesmo tempo uma pergunta sobre a relevância da evangelização. A comemoração da fundação da “Casa de Piratininga”, um pobre colégio que se tornou megalópole, tem a tarefa de religar o conhecimento histórico ao reconhecimento contemporâneo do outro. O Autor, missiólogo e historiador, por muitos anos ligado à causa indígena no país e no continente latino-americano, conduz o leitor pela cristandade do Brasil e pela diversidade étnica da Província de São Vicente. Dois eixos da evangelização ganham destaque: a questão da comunicação num contexto lingüístico plural e a questão da violência e da força diante da proposta evangélica de gratuidade e paz.Abstract: The history of the city of São Paulo and Brazilian history, in general, are full of disappearances and omissions, of resistance and struggles for physical and cultural survival, of transformations and adaptations. On the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the “conversion of Brazil”, to trace the memories of both addressees and agents of the first evangelization is a stimulating task, particularly in today’s historical context, where the question about the possibility of another world is, at the same time, a question about the relevance of evangelization. The celebration of the foundation of the “Casa de Piratininga”, an ordinary school that became a megalopolis, seeks to reconnect historical knowledge to the contemporary recognition of the Other. The Author – a missiologist and historian that, for many years, has been connected with the Indian cause in this country and in the Latin-American continent – guides the reader through the Christendom in Brazil and through the ethnical diversity in the Province of São Vicente. He focuses, in particular, on two axles of the evangelization: the issue of communication in a plural linguistic context and the issue of violence and coercion in the face of the evangelical proposal of graciousness and peace.

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Beyond the Boundaries

Cross-Cultural Interaction ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4979-8.ch091 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 1604-1622

Author(s):

Don Olcott

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Educational Process ◽

Educational Strategies ◽

Chief Executives ◽

International Partnerships ◽

For Profit ◽

Key Stakeholders ◽

The Face ◽

Educational Future ◽

Core Mission

The rapid increase in internationalism and borderless higher education by public and for-profit universities is changing the face of the global higher education landscape. Today, universities have more opportunities for serving campus-based international students and extending their programs and research on the international stage. Students also have more choices than ever before in navigating their educational future and are becoming active consumers of global HE. Language, culture, and social norms are as critical as any educational strategies used to build and sustain international partnerships. An understanding, tolerance, and humility about the educational process in other countries is a necessity for building successful partnerships. Borderless higher education is highly complex and involves various risks for colleges and universities and the need to justify foreign ventures or adventures to key stakeholders at home. The “new global regionalism” will accelerate HE competition for students, and the global destination choices for students may drive more students to remain in their region than going to traditional destinations such as the US, UK, and Australia. Universities will function more like businesses, and their foreign partnerships and campus international recruitment will be based on leveraging profitable revenues to supplement their composite educational enterprise. This will be accentuated by reduced government funding and the need to temper continuous tuition and fee increases. Quality assurance agencies will exert greater pressure on universities to maintain accountability, program standards, and alignment with their core mission. University chief executives will need to navigate a range of complex issues before leading their universities into unchartered international waters. Indeed, some universities have no business in the business of borderless higher education. This chapter explores borderless higher education.

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A Research Journey with Plains Cree Elders Regarding Their Image of the Child

Journal of Childhood Studies ◽

10.18357/jcs00019909 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 19-43

Author(s):

Janine Tine

Keyword(s):

Participatory Research ◽

Community Based Participatory Research ◽

Indigenous Research ◽

Culturally Appropriate ◽

Plains Cree ◽

Community Based ◽

Research Project ◽

Learning Journey ◽

Indigenous Children ◽

Appropriate Education

To develop culturally appropriate education for Indigenous children in Canada, knowledge of childhood in Indigenous contexts is needed. This article focuses on the author’s learning journey during a community-based participatory research project regarding two Plains Cree Elders’ images, or understandings, of the child. To situate the study, the author revisits her research with Elders while exploring some epistemological, ontological,and axiological considerations of Indigenous research and then shares how she employed cultural protocols and forged relationships. Next, the author shares and reflects on the Elders’ understandings of childhood and the ways in which she cared for the Elders’ knowledge.

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Beyond the Boundaries

Global Challenges and Perspectives in Blended and Distance Learning ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-3978-2.ch003 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 36-54

Author(s):

Don Olcott

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Educational Process ◽

Educational Strategies ◽

Chief Executives ◽

International Partnerships ◽

For Profit ◽

Key Stakeholders ◽

The Face ◽

Educational Future ◽

Core Mission

The rapid increase in internationalism and borderless higher education by public and for-profit universities is changing the face of the global higher education landscape. Today, universities have more opportunities for serving campus-based international students and extending their programs and research on the international stage. Students also have more choices than ever before in navigating their educational future and are becoming active consumers of global HE. Language, culture, and social norms are as critical as any educational strategies used to build and sustain international partnerships. An understanding, tolerance, and humility about the educational process in other countries is a necessity for building successful partnerships. Borderless higher education is highly complex and involves various risks for colleges and universities and the need to justify foreign ventures or adventures to key stakeholders at home. The “new global regionalism” will accelerate HE competition for students, and the global destination choices for students may drive more students to remain in their region than going to traditional destinations such as the US, UK, and Australia. Universities will function more like businesses, and their foreign partnerships and campus international recruitment will be based on leveraging profitable revenues to supplement their composite educational enterprise. This will be accentuated by reduced government funding and the need to temper continuous tuition and fee increases. Quality assurance agencies will exert greater pressure on universities to maintain accountability, program standards, and alignment with their core mission. University chief executives will need to navigate a range of complex issues before leading their universities into unchartered international waters. Indeed, some universities have no business in the business of borderless higher education. This chapter explores borderless higher education.

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Encouraging usage of an endangered ancestral language: A supportive role for caregivers’ deictic gestures

First Language ◽

10.1177/0142723717713502 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 37 (6) ◽

pp. 561-582

Author(s):

Peri Yuksel ◽

Patricia J. Brooks

Keyword(s):

Culturally Appropriate ◽

Minority Communities ◽

Language Endangerment ◽

Supportive Role ◽

Risk Of Extinction ◽

Toy Play ◽

Societal Changes ◽

Imminent Risk ◽

Child Age

Many ancestral languages (AL) are at imminent risk of extinction due to societal changes that pressure minority communities to assimilate with dominant cultures and forego usage of their AL. This study aimed to encourage caregiver–child dyads to converse in Lazuri, an endangered AL in Rize, Turkey. Dyads ( N = 59; child age M = 30.7 months, range 15–48) were asked to speak Lazuri while playing with culturally appropriate toys for 20minutes. Utterances were coded for language and accompanying gestures. With children speaking mostly in Turkish, caregivers experienced difficulties maintaining AL usage, yet were generally compliant with instructions. Caregivers more often produced deictic gestures when speaking Lazuri than when speaking Turkish, suggesting that children’s lack of AL proficiency influenced their gesturing. Moreover, caregivers who produced more gesture–speech combinations in the AL had children who produced more AL utterances, after controlling for the amount of AL input. Results indicate the feasibility of enhancing AL input through directed toy-play in contexts of language endangerment. In such contexts, deictic gestures may be especially valuable in grounding AL usage in the immediate context.

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