The relationship of otherness for intercultural education

overcoming the remnants of eurocentrism

Authors

  • João Paulo Buchholz

Keywords:

Decoloniality, Teaching History, Interculturality

Abstract

The main issue of this paper is “how to provide a truly intercultural education within the school environment”. Through decolonial thought I propose an analysis of our knowledge institutions (university, school, and discipline curriculum) to highlight the permanence of the Eurocentric perspective of knowledge validation. These remnants of Eurocentrism hierarchize the various ways of producing knowledge and, even worse, give exotic character to non-Western cultures. This article aims to enhance non-Western ways of dealing with the production of knowledge and learning, and from that, proposes the intercultural experience as a more comprehensive paradigm of learning, estrangement and ethnic-racial education.

Author Biography

João Paulo Buchholz

Graduando de Licenciatura em História pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
Bolsista PIBID UFRGS.

Published

2022-05-23

How to Cite

Buchholz, J. P. (2022). The relationship of otherness for intercultural education: overcoming the remnants of eurocentrism. Identidade!, 20(1), 56–63. Retrieved from http://198.211.97.179/periodicos_novo/index.php/Identidade/article/view/1578

Issue

Section

EDUCAÇÃO, SAÚDE E IDENTIDADE