UAEM-UNICEDES TEN YEARS COMMUNITY WORK

EXPERIENCEEXPERIENCE

A L E J A N D R O C H A O B A R O N A ( P H . D )

I A U - M O N Z A M B I Q U E

J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 7

Tetela del Volcán CRUV

TemixcoUNICEDES

UNIVERSITY and UNICEDES PRINCIPLES

The UAEM must be the autonomous public institution fori l f i h h hi h d i hsocial tranformation through higher education, research

projets and cultural extensionUNICEDES is an educational and social developmentpcentreUNICEDES is an inter-disciplinary, inter-sectorial, inter-cultural, inter-institutional university unit withcultural, inter institutional university unit withinternational links.UNICEDES is the university space where it is possible, tohear respect learn teach and service groups of smallhear, respect, learn, teach and service groups of smallpeasant’s villages, indigenous towns, and different groupsof vulnerable, marginal and excluded people.

FACILITIES

UNIDAD CENTRAL DE ESTUDIOS PARA EL DESARROLLO SOCIAL

TEMIXCO

CENTRO REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DEL VOLCANTETELA DEL VOLCAN’S FACILITIES

KNOWLEDGE’S INTERCHANGE BETWEEN CAMPUS AND COMMUNITIES

episthemological and inter-disciplinary critical revision of the public universitary role in sustainable and integral social development, regional and local, in a new global and multicultural world;multicultural world;

open mind to hear and learn from the traditionalcommunity skills and their world vision

methodological creative variations to get better outcomesin participative research projects of community and university teams;university teams;

change of strategies in university participative action

creation of Regional University Extension Centers. g y

CENTRO REGIONAL DE EXTENSION UNIVERSITARIA TEMIXCO

CENTRO REGIONAL DE EXTENSION UNIVERSITARIA TETELA DEL VOLCAN

FIESTAS DE IDENTIDAD(IDENTITY FEASTS)( )

FIESTAS DE LA SALUD (HEALTH FEASTS)

UNICEDES BOOKS

RADIO UAEMVOCES DEL VIENTO

RADIO PROGRAMS WITH RADIO PROGRAMS WITH THE OLD PEOPLE

Opportunities

Th liti l i i f th bli i it th iti t The political vision of the public university authorities to improve a Social Development Studies Unity The excellent research team’s preparation Th t ’ lib lit f k ith diff t th d l i f The team’s liberality for work with different methodologies for accept to integrate in their projects the skills and traditional knowledge of communities at the same time with the university technologies sciences and humanities university technologies, sciences and humanities Open mind of the participative university students with the ideas and customs of rural people The possibility of interdisciplinary work with different The possibility of interdisciplinary work with different University FacultiesThe opportunity to work with the Canadian Calgary UniversityExcellent relations with local authoritiesExcellent relations with local authorities

Challenges

k f d fi i i f bli i i h i i bLack of definition of public university authorities about the project of the Social Development Studies Unity.University epistemological rejection of the communities

d l k l dy p g j

traditional knowledgeProblems of the research team to systematize the amount of information of the complex aspects of integral social p p gdevelopment Problems of full understanding of different codes of communication: the Morelos university, the team , the y, ,Canadian and the community codes.The change of university and state authorities each six years and of local authorities each three years y y

CONCLUSIONS

The need of an international definition of the main role of public universities in sub-development countries

h d h f hThe need to have more resources for training the research teams in the field work

The need to prepare the research teams in a respectful The need to prepare the research teams in a respectful interaction with the communities

Open even more the interaction with local authoritiesp

International diffusion and spread of the experiences

We can learn from everybody an offer our experience.

THANKS