Sociocultural factors, academic performance, and intercultural university education in the Peruvian Amazon by José Luis Morales Rocha, Mario Aurelio Coyla Zela, Genciana Serruto Medina, Nakaday Irazema Vargas Torres, Vitelio Asencios Tarazona, Gregorio Arroyo Japura, José Oscar Huanca Frias

“…The educational context in the Peruvian Amazon is moderately complex because of the interaction between students from 23 indigenous peoples, with a preponderance of Shipibo-Conibo, Ashaninka, Awajun, Shawi, Yanesha, Wampis, Quechua, and Cacataibo, among the most representative and in that order, with culturally different knowledge and worldviews. …”
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Ciudad e identidad cultural. ¿Cómo se relacionan con lo urbano los indígenas amazónicos peruanos en el siglo XXI? by Oscar Espinosa de Rivero

“…In addition, some of the preliminary results on the case of cities of Iquitos and Puerto Maldonado are presented, as is the urban experience of the Shipibo-Conibo and Ashninka. Finally, the role of the indigenous youth is highlighted as the decisive factor in determining the future of the Amazonian peoples of the 21st century.…”
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