This article analyzes if life conditions in the National University of the Peruvian Amazon assured six young Awajun their well-being. It ponders several questions; what is the emic meaning of being well?, Could young migrants satisfy their socio-economic and affective needs?, which are the strategies used to perform as students? To answer these questions, a qualitative methodology and different ethnographic techniques such as interviews, focus groups, observations and life stories were used. And different actors such as student colleagues, teachers, university authorities, were observed and interviewed. The expression chichinmanum weamu, translated from Awajún as going against the current, describes a situation that many young natives who try to become graduates go through. Young Awajun thought that being good meant having all the basic services, goods and resources needed to develop as...

This article analyzes if life conditions in the National University of the Peruvian Amazon assured six young Awajun their well-being. It ponders several questions; what is the emic meaning of being well?, Could young migrants satisfy their socio-economic and affective needs?, which are the strategies used to perform as students? To answer these questions, a qualitative methodology and different ethnographic techniques such as interviews, focus groups, observations and life stories were used. And different actors such as student colleagues, teachers, university authorities, were observed and interviewed. The expression chichinmanum weamu, translated from Awajún as going against the current, describes a situation that many young natives who try to become graduates go through. Young Awajun thought that being good meant having all the basic services, goods and resources needed to develop as...

La presente investigación plantea como principal objetivo analizar las vivencias de jóvenes estudiantes Awajún que se encuentran al interior del nuevo contexto de la Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP). La etapa universitaria también puede resultar difícil para los jóvenes considerados “occidentales”, ya que es una transición que conlleva muchos cambios; sin embargo existen particularidades en la experiencia universitaria de los jóvenes indígenas. Asimismo, este tema de investigación involucra a la educación, la cual se encuentra entre los derechos esenciales de los individuos.

La presente investigación plantea como principal objetivo analizar las vivencias de jóvenes estudiantes Awajún que se encuentran al interior del nuevo contexto de la Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP). La etapa universitaria también puede resultar difícil para los jóvenes considerados “occidentales”, ya que es una transición que conlleva muchos cambios; sin embargo existen particularidades en la experiencia universitaria de los jóvenes indígenas. Asimismo, este tema de investigación involucra a la educación, la cual se encuentra entre los derechos esenciales de los individuos.

This article analyzes if life conditions in the National University of the Peruvian Amazon assured six young Awajun their well-being. It ponders several questions; what is the emic meaning of being well?, Could young migrants satisfy their socio-economic and affective needs?, which are the strategies used to perform as students? To answer these questions, a qualitative methodology and different ethnographic techniques such as interviews, focus groups, observations and life stories were used. And different actors such as student colleagues, teachers, university authorities, were observed and interviewed. The expression chichinmanum weamu, translated from Awajún as going against the current, describes a situation that many young natives who try to become graduates go through. Young Awajun thought that being good meant having all the basic services, goods and resources needed to develop as...