Abstract

SULCA, Elisa Martina de los Ángeles  and  HUMBERTO SORIANO, Gonzalo Víctor. Symbolic and material conditions of indigenous young people when entering university. Sinéctica [online]. 2024, n.62, e1605.  Epub June 03, 2024. ISSN 2007-7033.  https://doi.org/10.31391/s2007-7033(2024)0062-011.

This article presents a series of results that are linked to the admission of indigenous students to degree courses offered by the National University of Salta, Argentina. The analytical corpus is made up of 865 surveys carried out on young people who belong to an indigenous people. These data are provided by the General Directorate of University Statistics of the University. The analysis focuses on the material-objective and symbolic-subjective dimensions that constitute the diverse and unique starting points of these young people, while functioning as signs of social distinction. Such particularities make up a field of multiple meanings where income is conditioned by mechanisms of inequality, contributing to generating differentiated educational processes. The results show that in recent years the indigenous presence in this scenario has increased, although not in the same way as other groups. In this sense, the programs and projects that have been developed in recent decades at the institutional, provincial and national levels collaborate with processes of socio-educational inclusion for members of indigenous peoples.

Keywords : indigenous youth; university; entry; material conditions; symbolic conditions.