Informal Learning and Indigenous Intellectuals in New Spain: the Case of Domingo Chimalpahin (1579-after 1640)

 

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Forfatter: Arenas-Pacheco, Carlos Diego
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2025
Beskrivelse:Using the modern distinction between formal and informal education, this history of education article proposes some avenues of informal learning that Indigenous intellectuals in colonial Mexico pursued outside of formal schooling. Domingo Chimalpahin (1579-after 1640), the most productive Nahuatl-language writer and historian in colonial Mexico, is a clear and relevant case study. Since we lack much of Chimalpahin’s biographical data, previous research has suggested that elucidating specific details about his education can contribute to a better interpretation of his writings and a deeper understanding of the education of non-formally schooled Indigenous intellectuals in colonial Mexico. While it is hypothesized that Chimalpahin had at least basic formal schooling, this article argues that informal learning, in the form of (1) intergenerational learning, (2) work-related learning, and (3) intellectual networking, provided Chimalpahin with the education he needed to craft his works.
País:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Sprog:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/22064
Online adgang:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/historia/article/view/22064
Palabra clave:informal education
New Spain
colonial education
Mexico
history
indigenous education
educación informal
Nueva España
educación colonial
México
historia
educación indígena
educação informal
Nova Espanha
educação colonial
história
educação indígena