Towards a transdisciplinary perspective of the public UNIVERSITY in ABYA YALA

Abstract

In the context of the civilizational crisis the region is going through, a critical reflection is made, considering the meaning and goal of Public University, to the rationalist forms prevailing in the construction of knowledge, and to the relevance of the university in the context of colonized, fragmented and exclusive societies. In this context the need for a profound epistemological, ethical and political transformation of the public university is raised, that places it as an educational instance capable of generating other epistemes, based on dialogue and ecology of knowledge. The transdisciplinary perspective is deepened as a methodological tool to undertake new ways of generating knowledge for cognitive, social and cultural justice. An educational and research projects are shared, through which it is intended to generate collaborative ways of creating knowledge. The transdisciplinary perspective is deepened as a methodological tool to undertake new ways of generating knowledge for cognitive, social and cultural justice. An educational and research project are shared, through which it is intended to generate collaborative ways of creating knowledge and action from the university. Knowledge, art, territory and community are central categories that have delineated the sense and ethical-political stance of concrete projects developed from transdisciplinary praxis, which transcend the crystallized forms of knowledge and trigger participatory process of intercultural dialogue, creating experience of resistance to be-make community in specific glocal contexts.