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“We Have to Learn from Both Sciences” : Dilemmas and Tension Concerning Higher Education of Wichí Youth in the Province of Salta (Argentina)

2017; Wiley; Volume: 48; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/aeq.12188

1548-1492

María Macarena Ossola,

Indigenous Studies in Latin America

This article analyzes the tension generated by the admission of Wichí youths to higher education in the province of Salta (Argentina). The main goal is to show how access to higher education generates continuities and discontinuities in the indigenous social organization. The article is based on ethnographic fieldwork that examined how young Wichí undergraduate students made sense of their schooling experiences.