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ABOUT US
The Intercultural University “Amawtay Wasi” (UIAW) of the Indigenous Nationalities and People of Ecuador is an educational project of the indigenous movement and is jointly supported by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador “CONAIE”, and the Scientific Institute of Indigenous Cultures “ICCI”, Amawta Runakunapak Yachay “ARY”.
UIAW, the “House of Wisdom”, is the result of a long process of work, discussion and systematization of a proposal elaborated by an interdisciplinary and intercultural team made up of leaders, teachers, community members, researchers and professionals. This process began in the middle of the 1990s, and culminated in the creation of the University in 2004, published in the Official Registry of Ecuador No. 393, on August 5th, 2004.
OUR PROJECT
The university was established to be a space of both reflection and action, and grew out of a project of the nationalities and peoples of Ecuador and of all Abya Yala (the Americas). Our university works towards the decolonization of knowledge and is committed to reconstructing the concept and meaning of intercultural knowledge. The UIAW is an intercultural project whose purpose is to serve as a foundation stone in construction of a plurinational state and an intercultural society.
OUR DREAM
Our purpose is to contribute to the formation of human talents that will prioritize an harmonious relationship between the Pachamama (Mother Nature) and the Runa (Human Being), based upon the principle of Sumak Kawsanamanta Yachay, which means “Learning Wisdom and the Good Way to Live”. Our university is part of the living web that we weave in the intercultural cosmos. |
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