Indigenous epistemologies denied by university praxis

Abstract

The subject of this work is the other knowledge denied by the university praxis. This work aims to reflect and discuss about the epistemic violence that some indigenous students faced when they attended the academic master's degree in the Graduate Program in Letters and Linguistics at the Federal University of Goiás. Guided by the decolonial perspective, we analyzed the Consuni UFG Resolution 07/2015 to verify if such normative text has any norm that guarantees the right to be of indigenous students. We used the bibliographic review methodology in conjunction with document analysis. We conclude that Resolution Consuni UFG 07/2015 only ensures the admission of the physical body of indigenous students, not contemplating the epistemological body of this minority group. We also conclude that the Graduate Program in Letters and Linguistics at UFG still does not strive for a democratic conscience to the point of favoring a real interepistemic dialogue to the point of lessening the colonialist power exercised over Brazilian educational institutions.