Messages from water in the voice of mapuche and ẽbẽra eyapida women, ecoafective inspirations in education

Abstract

This article explores some of the results of the interconnection of water, women, and affectivity, in which indigenous women's knowledge is valued and revitalised by extrapolating it to an eco-affective paedagogical fabric in education. The methodology is built from the insurgent wisdom of indigenous research, it is developed considering a qualitative position with a feminist approach; The aim is therefore to have idiographic rather than generalising global knowledge. The participants were 18 indigenous women from the Ẽbẽra Eyapida peoples of Chigorodó, Colombia, and the Mapuche of the Los Ríos Region, Chile. The results allow us to see that the voice that flows from the waters brings other forms of relationship, which can approach education to awaken other aesthetics, ethics, and coexistence. Likewise, it is revealed how epistemic pluralism in initial pedagogical training could facilitate strategies to improve and enhance the integrative perspective of novice teachers.