I, Alex, from the Guarani Ethnic Group: the indigenous student's testimony of an administration undergraduate program and his double belonging

Abstract

The Indigenous students' attandance in Brazilian public universities has been a recent phenomenon, dating back to 2002, due to their original experience of the university entry and endurance in Parana, Brazil. Students' passages through various undergraduate programs reflect the reality of a double belonging: being both an Indigenous and an academic student. This study brings forward the testimonial dialogue of a Guarani student of the Administration Undergraduate Program and as an author, as well, based in the strategy of the life history approach. The narrative reveals challenges, limitations and possibilities of the academic pathway taken by Indigenous students in Administration Bachelor's Degree, showing three main aspects: the statement of their ethnic and community belonging within the academic education context, whose intent is preparing Indigenous students as interlocutors between their community, the State and other institutions and the entrepreneurial intent of an academic student.

Keywords:
Native Higher Education; Double Belonging; Testimony.