Presentation Strand

Indigenous Language

Presentation Delivery Language

Spanish

Description

This work seeks to increase the Indigenous knowledge of intercultural bilingual teachers who work with indigenous Latin America populations. This ethnographic work explains the difference of a communal election not carried out by vote, rather by merit and social recognition. The Indigenous leader  Varayoq will be discussed. Likewise, this ethnography seeks to expose the intersection between the political symbolic role and the communal identity affirmation since the figure of the Varayoq is recognized through various annual traditional celebrations. Finally, this paper exemplifies ethnographic work as a tool to approach communal knowledge in favor of an intercultural and multicultural pedagogy.