Intercultural universities in Peru, treatment of languages and guidelines for implementation in higher education

• Autor: Castillo, Zamia
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2025
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/29421
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/lenguaysociedad/article/view/29421
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: intercultural policies; language treatment; higher education; Peru; políticas interculturales; tratamiento de lenguas; educación superior; Perú; políticas interculturais; tratamento de idiomas; ensino superior

Interculturality refers to the presence and equal interaction of diverse cultures and the possibility of generating shared cultural expressions, acquired through dialogue and an attitude of mutual respect. Within this framework, we will discuss the guidelines proposed by the Ministry of Education (MINEDU) that enable the implementation of an educational policy with a more effective intercultural approach, as well as its relationship with the use of native languages. In the first part, there is a brief description of the universities categorized as intercultural in Peru ; secondly, there is an exposition of the legal bases on the treatment of languages in higher education with an intercultural approach ; thirdly, there is a presentation of the axes that will contribute to the adequate implementation of this approach ; and finally, the efforts of application of three guidelines in a pioneer university: the National Intercultural University of the Amazon (UNIA) will be briefly shown . In terms of methodology, the technique used is documentary, based on legal codes and management documents of intercultural universities. It is concluded that it is important to redefine how the design of a university with intercultural projection is being applied.