University, multiculturalism, interculturality and society: Challenges of intercultural community accompaniment from URACCAN

Abstract

This article has addressed the relationship between the conceptions of university, multiculturalism, interculturality and society, from the perspective of intercultural community support that arises from the practice of the University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast (URACCAN), which conceives this accompaniment as one of its institutional functions for the sake of development with identity, the good living of the peoples and the construction of intercultural citizenships. A basic tour has been carried out on each concept dealt with, to guide us in understanding the challenges that the development and implementation of intercultural community accompaniment in multicultural contexts means, in order to ensure that peoples can raise their own voices in terms of their well-being physical, material and spiritual. The article follows an investigation with a qualitative vision, which starts from a conceptual and analytical documentary analysis on what is comprised of Intercultural community accompaniment, from the URACCAN perspective. This accompaniment to community development with an intercultural vision faces its challenges from its conceptualization and internalization in higher education institutions and the logic of its articulation to community development.