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PUKLLASUNCHIS
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Prologue ׀ The Projects ׀ Biblio ׀ Credits
Pukllasunchis: Concepts of interactive
learning
Pukllasunchis is a non-governmental
organisation specialising in bilingual
and alternative education for
kindergartens, elementary schools and
se-condary schools, as well as training
workshops for state school teachers.
Since 1983 it has been legally
recognised as an official pedagogical
insti-tution by the Peruvian state and
financially supported by private Swiss
funds, Peruvian government funding and
international aid from the Euro-pean
Community besides others. The main aim
of Pukllasunchis is to develop teaching
methods, which motivate pupils to become
actively and creatively involved in
their social, cultural and ecological
environment. One very important object
in this training is to give pupils the
resources to reflect critically on their
present reality and to develop the
knowledge, skills and confidence to
shape their own future.
The Pedagogical Trail: Principles of active
learning
The main object of the Pedagogical Trail is
to inform the pupils of Puklla-sunchis and
the large public of Cusco about the local
ecosystems and to make the different social
groups aware of the ecological, economical
and social interactions and dependencies in
this region. The observer should learn about
the diversity of flora and fauna in his/her
environment, about traditional Andean
medicine and ancient mythological and
eco-social meanings of many plants and
animals in the Inka society. The highly
experienced and very harmonic management of
all different kinds of eco-systems by
his/her ancestors should show the visitor an
example of a society who practiced a high
level of ecological sustainability. The
active exposition with the different
ecological and social subjects of the region
in the past and in the present should create
a common discourse about possible solutions
of the different problems of the present and
should motivate the large public for a
process towards a more sustainable use of
their primary resources.
The ecological overuse of an already labile ecosystem in connection with very complex social interests needs a very adequate way of problem solving, respecting all the different interests and including all the involved groups in the process towards a more sustainable society. One step in this process is the protection of this area by the formation of an Ecolo-gical Reserve. This legal frame could define the duties and rights of the different groups of interest in the use of the primary recourses and reva-lorize the social position of the rural population and their work for the whole economical system of the region. The sustainable use of land in connection with alternative forms of productivity could serve as an exam-ple for other Andean regions with similar social conflicts and ecological problems.
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