Cultural and intercultural knowledge among graduate students from the Ch'ol ethnic group of Chiapas, Mexico

Abstract

The C’hole cultural knowledge of postgraduate students in Education and Cultural Diversity of Unit 071 of the National Pedagogical University (UPN) of Chiapas, Mexico is analyzed. The results support our analysis obtained through qualitative ethnographic research and semi – structures interviews. A significant potential is recognized in indigenous knowledge, related to: the cornfield and the cycle of the moon. Indigenous knowledge and its incorporation into the etymological bases of formal education as factors of change and socio – environmental cohesion are discussed.

Keywords

• cultural knowledge
• environment
• students
• interculturality
• postgraduate.