Indigenous methodologies from a Mapuche perspective: Ontology of Reciprocity and Practice of Connection with Nature

Elisa Loncón Antileo was born in the Mapuche community of Lefweluan, in the Wallmapu, Southern Chile. She is a linguist and an Indigenous rights and languages activist. She holds a PhD in humanities from the University of Leiden and a second PhD in literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She is a Professor in Intercultural Education, Department of Education, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), where she undertakes research on Indigenous methodologies and philosophies and the teaching of Mapuzugun.

Professor Elisa Loncón will discuss Indigenous methodologies from a Mapuche perspective, the talk will be titled “Ontology of Reciprocity and Practice of Connection with Nature”.