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The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2019 as the Year of Indigenous Languages and the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is looking to strengthen their ties with academic institutions. Areas studies centers at the International Institute have organized a joint conference titled “Indigenous Languages: From Endangerment to Revitalization and Resilience” on October […]

Presentation for Rebuilding indigenous cultural history in the discovery coast of Brazil

The conference will discuss recent research which highlight the roles that languages and linguistics play in diverse settings or contexts especially in the face of the disruptive technologies; Also, presenters and participants share ideas and propose solutions to solve existing or potential problems and conflicts which may arise out of the challenges that the disruptive technologies bring to language and society at the national or international level.

In this event, I will present a poster about the process of alphabetic literacy that is happening at the moment in the indigenous communities of Coriviri and Machacoyo in the region of Ayllu Pacajes in Bolivia. The goal is to observe the impact of introducing alphabetic literacy in these communities.The work is a preliminary cut of a master's research under the guidance of Prof. William Mineo Tagata. This is an investigation of the alphabetic literacy process that is taking place in Bolivia, more specifically in the indigenous communities of Coriviri and Machacoya, in the Ayllu Pacaje region. With the promulgation of the new constitution in 2007 based on the premise that when acquiring writing, indigenous languages ​​of oral tradition become as important as the dominant language, the current Bolivian government incorporated them into the formal educational curriculum, along with Spanish, official language of the country. Therefore, this research is investigating whether the educational processes that are being implemented in the Ayllu Pacajes region represent an indigenous perspective or a hegemonic perspective, if they are in favor of the preservation of indigenous cultural capital in Ayllu Pacajes and how it is received by teachers and by the community. For this, I will do a qualitative ethnographic research where I will be inserted in the community as participant observer. In the period of coexistence with the community will be conducted interviews with the respondents as well as notes, diaries, corpus of texts about the field that will count with my impressions as a researcher. On this event I will present a poster talking about this research and I will receive sugestions and contributions of other researchers.