Theoretical Framework

We want all our actions to be based on a theoretical framework that gives them support and greater chances of success.

We believe that one of the main problems in Peru is inequality in access to health, education, work and quality infrastructure at the national level. We also believe that high levels of corruption play a very important role in perpetuating this inequality. On the other hand, in our country, as well as in others in the region, there are hierarchies built by elitism, classism and racism, partly strengthened by our colonial past, that reinforce this inequality.

Given this, we propose three hypotheses with which we give life to the Let’s Talk about Peru project:

  • Hypothesis 1 (H1): Knowledge of the most important historical events of a nation, taught through specific methodologies, contributes to raising national identity, social cohesion and civic values ​​in people. This hypothesis contributes studies on the didactic history of Joaquim Pratts, experiences on identity construction using history like those of the IHGB in the 19th century, as well as theories around the emerging concept of “liberating history”, which seeks to teach history taking into account the point of view of the least favored by it.
  • Hypothesis 2 (H2): The increase in national identity, social cohesion and civic values ​​impact on the decrease in the levels of corruption existing in a country. In this hypothesis, there are studies that link long-term education -on certain topics- with the levels of corruption of a nation, as is the case of The Historical Roots of Corruption (E.Uslaner).
  • Hypothesis 3 (H3): The increase in national identity, social cohesion and civic values ​​impact on the decrease in levels of coloniality in countries such as Peru. We understand coloniality or postcolonialism as the legacy that colonialism left in the region, and in this context, many Latin American studies give rise to the possibility of decolonialism, from which the “liberating history” arises again as a possibility to create greater empathy and cohesion between social groups.