Native Languages in Community Higher Education in Oaxaca, Mexico

Keywords: community higher education; native languages; intercultural curriculum

Abstract

This article analyzes the role of indigenous youth in the preservation of indigenous languages and the construction of Community Higher Education in Oaxaca, Mexico. The analysis focuses especially on the experiences of indigenous students from the Centro Universitario Comunal de Santa María Yaviche (Unixhidza), which is part of the Universidad Autónoma Comunal de Oaxaca (UACO) and the Instituto Superior Intercultural Ayuuk (ISIA). The text addresses the curricular proposals of these universities and their treatment of native languages from the perspective of young people who are being trained as new professional cadres in their territories of origin.

Author Biography

Jazmín Nallely Arguelles Santiago, Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (CONAHCYT), Oaxaca, MéxicoCONAHCYT/CIESAS Pacífico Sur

Doctora en Pedagogía por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Catedrática del Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (CONAHCYT), adscrita al Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios en Antropología Social (CIESAS), sede Pacífico Sur, Oaxaca, México.

Published
2023-12-29
How to Cite
Arguelles Santiago, J. N. (2023). Native Languages in Community Higher Education in Oaxaca, Mexico. Higher Education and Society Journal (ESS), 35(2), 293-329. https://doi.org/10.54674/ess.v35i2.871
Section
Articles with translation/Indigenous languages