Genesis and determinant processes of urban mapuche identity: educational and political implications

Abstract

This text gives an account of the complexities that make up ethnic identities in cities, el / la wariache, is one of the most present ethnic identities in the main cities of Chile. These manifestations of identity resistance will be understood in terms of the so-called “reworked Mapuche identity (s)” (Durán 2007). This phenomenon of identity significance is built due to historical processes classified as “Mapuche diaspora” (Antileo, 2013) that occurred during much of the 20th century. In parallel with this phenomenon, the educational and political implications that this process entails are presented, categories typical of Mapuche reflection such as nütram and kimeltuwün, as actions for the maintenance of their own cultural practices, in a formative sense and transmission of knowledge. In this line, these practices are developed as part of the Mapuche socio-linguistic heritage and nütram as a source of transmission of the world of linguistic view. According to the political axis, the concept of koyangtun is worked as one of the traditional Mapuche forms for the resolution of conflicts, and the importance that the parliamentary / koyangtun cycles had in the interactions of coexistence between Mapuche and Spaniards, these expressions being that mark precedents for the Wariache identities of the main cities of Chile to install demands rooted in historical asymmetries.