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T1 School Centres for ‘Savages’: in pursuit of a Convivial Sociability in the Bolivian Amazon
A1 Guiteras Mombiola, Anna
AB In the 1930s, the Bolivian elites promoted an education policy inspired by indigenist thought which sought to solve the problems faced by indigenous people – concerning welfare, hygiene, agricultural techniques, land issues – and to value to some extent their own culture. The ideal pursued was to shape a truly conviviality of Bolivian society with its otherness, giving rise to a new type of ‘Indian’ who would contribute actively and voluntarily to the progress of the nation. This educational project also addressed the Amazonian societies through the so-called school centres for “savages”. The ‘wild nature’ and ‘primitive state’ of the ethnic groups with which these schools operated – specifically the Siriono and the Moré – however, meant that the educational actions undertaken under indigenist ideals were also impregnated with civilizing principles.
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/108840
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/108840
LA eng
NO Guiteras Mombiola, Anna (2019). !School Centres for ‘Savages’: in pursuit of a Convivial Sociability in the Bolivian Amazon". Mecila Working Paper Series. No. 16, São Paulo: The Maria Sibylla Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conviviality-Inequality I Latin America: 1-29.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 abr 2025