Speaker:
Rosalba Velasc
o
Chief Counselor of the CRIC (consejo regional indígena del
Cauca) Colombia
Talk title:
Indigenous Education as a Strategy of the Cauca
Regional Indigenous Council (CRIC) for the Autonomy of the Indigenous Peopl
es of Colombia
Talk Abstract: Since its founding\, the CRIC has dreamed of creating an autonomous educational system\, and in 2003 it established Colombia's fi rst Indigenous university\, the Autonomous Indigenous Intercultural Univers ity. This presentation outlines the role of this university as part of an e ducation system to train Indigenous professionals who combine their own kno wledge with Western approaches to contribute to the transformation of\, and creation of opportunities in Indigenous territories still ravaged by inter nal armed conflict\, a context that particularly affects young people.
Speaker Bio: Rosalba Velasco is Chief Counselor of the CRIC (consejo re
gional indígena del Cauca) Colombia.
This is hybrid event hosted in Geog 229 and on zoom. < /em>
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Co-sponsored by the Latin Ameri can and Caribbean Landscapes cluster
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