Crossings between worlds: intercultural experiences in the formative trajectory of indigenous women-students at the University of Brasília
Interculturality; University; Formative Trajectories; Indigenous Women-Students; Racism
This research addresses the experiences of interculturality at the University of Brasília (UnB), focusing on the formative trajectory of indigenous women-student. Through a decolonial approach, I analyze how these students live and interpret their formative trajectories in a university that perpetuates epistemicide. I identify the intersections and frictions that they, the students, encounter in the interaction between their indigenous worlds and the world of academia, as well as the extent to which their trajectories are shaped by intercultural educational experiences. The research draws on narrative interviews with ten indigenous women-student who have participated in the Indigenous Students' Association at the University of Brasília (AAIUnB) as the empirical source. Based on this approach, I address the following questions: Do the trajectories of indigenous women-students in westernized universities encompass intercultural educational experiences? How, in what ways, and in which situations and spaces does interculturality occur? What do indigenous students think and feel about this?