 Introduction: When the children of one ethnic group are educated by adults of a different ethnic group, cultural dynamics in one or both groups may be affected in ways that are poorly understood. Such a situation characterizes Western-style education received by, or imposed upon, many indigenous peoples. Here I examine changes in distributions of distinctive cultural norms across a range of domains among indigenous Matsigenka students and their Mestizo teachers in three boarding secondary schools in Amazonian Peru.
Methods: I use Bayesian item-response theory models to characterize the distributions of norms among students and teachers interviewed in 2017 and 2019, and compare them to such distributions among non-academic Matsigenka and Mestizos.
Results: The analyses suggest that, in some boarding schools, Matsigenka students may be adopting some of the distinctive norms of their Mestizo teachers. The extent of this pattern appears to be mediated by, among other things, the particular boarding school environment.
Discussion: I discuss these results in light of new theory predicting when and why members of a disempowered minority group will adopt norms of a powerful majority.

A longitudinal study of cultural dynamics in Amazonian boarding schools

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A longitudinal study of cultural dynamics in Amazonian boarding schools