The plataform lacommunis.org it is an effort to bring together professionals, academics, social leaders and in general activists with extensive experience in different scientific and social areas, with an interdisciplinary and intersectoral composition, with a singular emphasis on working with Indigenous Peoples.
Communis, a term derived from Latin gives reason to be such significant and closely linked words, as common, community, communion, in turn, is closely related to the word communication, concepts whose essence and application imply a challenge in the current context.
We rely, then, on the idea of forming a community and making mutual or sharing diverse data, information, analysis and proposals with an intercultural perspective, convinced that the cultural diversity of the planet, far from being a problem, is a reality to protect and enhance, if humanity intends to overcome the enormous current and future challenges.
The term la, while in Spanish makes an article, also refers to Latin America, since this platform is projected primarily with a regional scope, without prejudice to considering, also, the globality of the human rights situation in general and of Indigenous Peoples in particular.
During years of experiential and professional dedication in these matters, we have been able to corroborate that there is an inversely proportional relationship between the historical, cultural, social and political relevance of the multicultural conformation of societies throughout the world and especially in the Americas, with the number of areas dedicated to this topic.
This entails negative consequences such as, for example, the difficulty of accessing basic information in a simple but rigorous way to at least know what is happening at the national, regional and global level in spaces that have significant importance towards the construction of intercultural relations.
In this regard, the portal lacommunis.org it is an initiative that aims to modestly help to overcome this notorious disparity.
Following this logic, lacommunis.org is also focused on sharing knowledge through various pedagogical proposals, with asynchronous and mixed-modality training courses, for which, it has initiatives focused on Indigenous Peoples and people linked to areas such as law, communication, education, among others.
Our objectives are:
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To prepare, disseminate and analyze data and specialized information on human rights with an emphasis on Indigenous Peoples and the Latin American region.
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To promote intercultural education spaces through asynchronous and mixed training courses on intercultural reality, political, social and cultural rights, including mechanisms for their promotion and defense.
Among the main areas of work that the organization develops, can be mentioned:
Right
All peoples have the right to maintain and develop their political, economic and social systems or institutions. From lacommunis.org we promote the defense and promotion of these rights through research, publications and training activities.
Communication
The democratization of information and communication is an instrument to advance in the consolidation of intercultural and democratic societies, a process that from lacommunis.org we actively promote. The production and systematization of data, as well as the monitoring and dissemination of developments that have occurred in various regional and global areas, are part of the work we undertake.
Educacion
Education is a basic right of everyone. In lacommunis.org we promote an inclusive and intercultural education that allows awareness raising for the full exercise of rights.
The lacomunnis Board of Coordinators is composed of:
Libertad Pinto:
Quechua, with studies in communication, postgraduate training in sociolinguistics. Its lines of action and research address intercultural higher education, information and communication technologies for cultural and linguistic promotion, linguistic revitalization, bilingual intercultural education and intercultural research.
Osvaldo Calle Quiñonez:
Social communicator and expert in languages. With extensive experience in journalism, information and communication technologies and teaching languages as foreign languages. He has published several books on economic reform and the oral traditions of indigenous peoples.
Ricardo Changala Quaglia:
Specialist in human rights, labor relations and indigenous peoples, with extensive experience of working with social organizations, international organizations and the public sector. University teacher with experience in training processes in legal sciences throughout the region and for varied audiences. She has conducted research and published on Indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples, migration, labor relations, among other topics. He has been a consultant and researcher for various international organizations, as well as social organizations and state institutions.
In addition, we have a wide range of collaborators and specialists in various countries of the region and the world, who provide their contributions in multiple areas of knowledge.