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Accepted Paper:
Cynthia del Castillo Tafur (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
Paper short abstract:
University Social Responsibility agreements with vulnerable communities strengthen citizenship. Through USR´s approach and methodology, university students carried out communitarian initiatives in Ayacucho (Perú) deconstructing their way of learning and awakening their role in social transformation.
Paper long abstract:
Sacsamarca (Ayacucho) was one of the most affected Andean communities by the Peruvian political violence (1980- 2000), but it also was the first one in rebelling against the terrorist group Shining Path, through two emblematic episodes in 1983 as stated by the Peruvian Commission of Truth and Reconciliation (CVR, 2003). Since the University Social Responsibility agreement between Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) and Sacsamarca was signed (2013), academic knowledge applied to community engagement projects has aimed to contribute to the wellness of Sacsamarca and to social transformation processes, while strengthening citizenship and academic education of PUCP community.
Social diagnosis undertaken by PUCP showed it was crucial to work with Sacsamarca women as they had been largely affected by the political violence. The university proposed then to work on communitarian strengthening through the creation of art spaces facilitated by PUCP students´ volunteering groups from diverse disciplines (mostly Anthropology). Warmikunawan operated from 2015 to 2019 and its objective was to generate a space of encounter and care for Sacsamarca women through the creation of art crafts, which could lead them to acknowledge and enhance their capacities and individual and collective resources.
Participant observation made shows the achievements and challenges to gain Warmikunawan´s objective but also the diverse forms in which students re- invent what is learned within their classrooms, becoming aware of their role as citizens and future professionals in terms of shaping social transformation and assuring they- along with Sacsamarca women- can be agents of change and collective action.
Education outside the University - schools, outreach and the public: Geography and Anthropology in Conversation
Session 1 Wednesday 16 September, 2020, -