University, traditional knowledge and possibilities of decolonial scientific production

Abstract

The environmental imbalance revealed a crisis of civilization. Modern science produced great contributions to life in society, but was constructed in an Eurocentric and excluding way. Thus, diverse people, such as indigenous, quilombolas and riverine were removed from the academic-scientific environment. Based on Enrique Dussel, Boaventura Sousa Santos and Enrique Leff, this work aims to discuss how the experiences of university students from different origins can contribute to scientific enrichment and to a decolonial science. Information was obtained from observations and interviews with Amazonian university students. The results showed that the knowledge framework of these students is underutilized, which is reflected in their devaluation in the academic environment. Greater university-society integration, the knowledge dialogue and knowledge ecology are proposals to allow greater integration of these students and the construction of a decolonial scientific production.