Academic Literacy and Decoloniality: Rethinking the Higher Education Curriculum
Volumen 18 (2025)
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Literacy
Higher education
Indigenous peoples

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Pereira, D. N. da C., & Oliveira, M. do S. (2025). Academic Literacy and Decoloniality: Rethinking the Higher Education Curriculum. Magis, Revista Internacional De Investigación En Educación, 18. https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.m18.ladr
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Abstract

The curriculum, as a socio-historical product, is not just an organizer of school experiences. It is also a control mechanism, used, in some cases, to legitimize and promote hegemonic cultures. From this perspective, this research aims to analyze, in the light of decolonial studies, an academic literacy experience focusing on to curricular flexibility and the proposition of a decolonial curriculum. Methodologically, this research is qualitative and follows the procedures of action research and critical ethnography. The data was collected from an extension course intended for self-declared indigenous undergraduate students enrolled in a Brazilian public institution. The analysis results indicate that the selection of didactic organizers, transdisciplinarity, the deterritorialization of learning places and the reframing of time are relevant aspects for the construction of a decolonial university curriculum.

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