Inequality and indigenous women in educational spaces

pedagogies in social research in Oaxaca, Mexico

Abstract

In Mexico, the indigenous population faces persistent situations of discrimination and racism that are reproduced through various symbolisms. The indigenous through cinema and television is represented through poor, backward, naive and ignorant characters; Specifically, the representation of indigenous women is mainly domestic workers, submissive, and without the possibility of agency; representation that impacts on the imaginary of women and the way in which they develop in other spaces such as education. This text seeks to carry out an analysis in two senses: first, to identify the problems faced by women in the context of Oaxaca and the obstacles they face in their incorporation into the university space; and secondly, it addresses the pedagogical and research experience in which three young university women participated as scholars of a research project that is developed at the State University of Oaxaca; fundamentally discussing gender stereotypes and mandates that are present in their student career.