Yachay Kuychi Pluriversity
Biocultural EducationThe Yachay Kuychi Pluriversity acknowledges historical and ongoing colonialism, and seeks greater justice in the global food system by taking a decolonizing and emancipatory approach. The Pluriversity is grounded in the fundamental interrelationship of lands, languages, and peoples, and transcends common disciplinary divisions. This is a horizontal, decolonizing, transdisciplinary, and biocultural model of education.
BIOCULTURAL EDUCATION
OBJECTIVE
The Pluriversity aims to address contemporary and future global challenges through the incorporation of Indigenous ways of knowing and doing in agrobiodiversity and land use decision-making, policy, and practice.
PRINCIPLES
- Indigenous world view, knowledge and practices
- Social and Environmental Justice
- Feminist Theory
- Political-Ecology
- Solidarity Economy
- Participatory Curriculum Development
- Multiple Literacies Approaches
IMPACT
At the local level, it will support innovation in food crop neighborhood communities as they diversify their economies, enact food sovereignty, build resilience of their terrestrial and water systems; and pursue their sustainability goals.
