EXPERIENCES OF INTERCULTURAL HIGHER EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA

Abstract

Introduction: The topic of intercultural higher education has gained presence in academic, political, community and governmental spaces in Latin America. Different efforts have come together in a certain way so that at this time the interculturalization of higher education is considered as a duty of the states, an obligation of the university and an immediate challenge in society. Objective: Analyze the experiences of intercultural higher education in Latin America. Methods: It is based on a bibliographic review of the literature published in databases, taking into account the chosen inclusion and exclusion criteria. Once the search was carried out in the corresponding databases, 32 works related to the research objective were selected. Results: The experiences of intercultural higher education in Latin American countries have contributed in some way to improving the possibilities of access and professional training for indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples. However, the main problem faced by these institutions remains the centrality given to Western reason in conventional higher education institutions, privileging Western knowledge as the only way to construct a natural map of the world. Conclusions: The experience in the region is characterized by the implementation of relational interculturality, that is, that which is part of the most basic and general form in the contact and exchange between cultures, this implies an interrelation between people, but also in cultural practices, knowledge, values ​​and traditions that differ, both under conditions of equality or inequalities.