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Becoming Neuquino in Mapuzugun: Teaching Mapuche Language and Culture in the Province of Neuquén, Argentina
Author(s) -
Szulc Andrea
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2009.01032.x
Subject(s) - realm , indigenous , harmony (color) , sociology , identity (music) , hegemony , bilingual education , cultural identity , gender studies , anthropology , ethnology , political science , pedagogy , social science , aesthetics , art , ecology , philosophy , negotiation , politics , law , visual arts , biology
This article explores the sense of belonging promoted by the current program of Educación Intercultural Bilingüe (EIB) of the province of Neuquén for Mapuche children, examining the design and implementation of this program. The analysis reveals how this program reinforces a hegemonic definition of Mapuche identity, which relegates Mapuche culture to times past and to a rural setting. At the same time, the program subordinates the Mapuche identity to the provincial realm, and merges it with the Argentine and Catholic identities in supposed “harmony.” [Mapuche childhood, sense of belonging, bilingual intercultural education, Indigenous policy]