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The 'Indian Question' in the Bolivian Amazon: School Centers of Casarabe and Moré
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Education was an essential ingredient of the state strategy to address the so-called 'Indian question' in the Americas throughout the first half of the twentieth century. In the 1930s, Bolivian intellectuals promoted a new educational policy inspired by indigenismo, a trend of thought that sought to solve the problems faced by indigenous people concerning welfare, hygiene, agricultural techniques, and land issues; it also sought, to some extent, to teach them to value their own culture. The educational experience, originally conducted in the village of Warisata and then spread across the Andes, has merited special attention from historiography. However, very little is known about Warisata's replication in the country's lowlands. This paper explores the originality, scope, and limitations of the first project of socialization of 'non-subjected' societies of the Amazon Basin. That project was inspired by the postulates of the innovative Warisateño model, which aimed to give birth to a 'new Indian' who would contribute actively and voluntarily to the progress of the nation. The categories adopted in that project, and the practices carried out, were inscribed in the positivists' thought, based on their view of the alleged 'wild nature' and 'savagery' of the groups with whom educators would interact. This study aims to contribute to the debate on the 'Indian question' in the Americas by highlighting the contradictions faced by intellectuals when designing projects for the 'integration' of otherness into the nation.
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GUITERAS MOMBIOLA, Anna. The 'Indian Question' in the Bolivian Amazon: School Centers of Casarabe and Moré. Americas. 2022. Vol. 79, num. 1, pags. 67-100. ISSN 0003-1615. [consulted: 4 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/229867