Bacquet Quiroga, G.;
(2023)
Decolonising non-violence: what Indigenous wisdom traditions contribute to non-violence teacher education.
International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning
, 15
(2)
pp. 69-86.
10.14324/IJDEGL.15.2.01.
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Abstract
Knowledge systems and social philosophies from Indigenous communities in the Global South have long promoted non-violence through a sense of shared humanity and community building, and as such are valid counter-hegemonic alternatives to the existing colonial, Eurocentric model of knowledge production in use. This article details the contributions made by two specific Indigenous wisdom traditions – ubuntu and Buen Vivir – to a non-violence education teacher training programme in Chile framed within decolonial epistemologies. Using participatory workshops as a method, this study sought to offer Chilean trainee teachers a set of tools to explore issues of discrimination and exclusion and to deal with tensions arising from these issues informed by non-violent approaches. Participants read and reflected on how these wisdom traditions could contribute to their own teaching practice and later planned and facilitated a session with their peers to help them develop awareness on the principles of ubuntu and Buen Vivir. Results show paradigm shifts in three areas: individual versus collective action; their perception of human interconnectedness and of our interconnectedness with the environment; and how these perspectives could inform their teaching practice to foster greater inclusiveness.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Decolonising non-violence: what Indigenous wisdom traditions contribute to non-violence teacher education |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/IJDEGL.15.2.01 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/IJDEGL.15.2.01 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023, Gaston Bacquet Quiroga. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | Indigenous wisdom traditions, ubuntu, teacher training, non-violence, non-violence education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10186779 |
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