Science, Culture, and Ancestral Knowledge

Dialogues in the Training of Indigenous Teachers in the Amazon – Interview with Marilene Correia Freitas

Abstract

Marilene Correa da Silva Freitas is a professor in the Department of Social Sciences and in the Postgraduate Programs in Sociology and Society and Culture in the Amazon at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM). Throughout her distinguished career, she has held key positions, including Secretary of Science and Technology for the State of Amazonas (2003–2007); Rector of the State University of Amazonas (2007–2010). Currently, she serves on the board of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC) (2023–2025). With extensive academic contributions, her research focuses on the Amazonian Social Thought, Science Policy, and Indigenous Education as pillars of sustainability, emphasizing teacher training as a central axis. Internationally, she has participated in comparative studies between Brazil, France, Mexico and Argentina about the crisis of legitimacy in the teaching profession.