Centro Intercultural de Documentación
The Centro Intercultural de Documentación (CIDOC) was founded by Ivan Illich in 1965 as a higher education campus for development workers and missionaries. It was located in Cuernavaca (Mexico), at the Rancho Tetela.
Early history[]
In Celebration of Achievement, Illich writes that the intention of the school was to counteract a Papal command of 1960 which enjoined US and Canadian religious superiors to send 10% of their priests and nuns to South America. Illich was convinced that this project would do more harm than good. He intended the Centro to serve as a training station for such clergy and development workers, aiming to educate them about the negative effects of their development and education agenda. He called it "a center for de-Yankeefication" [1] The school also offered Spanish language courses. Illich credits Feodora Stancioff and Brother Gerry Morris as co-founders. Funding of the school is under investigation.
Achievements[]
The center pursued a significant publication program in various formats: Dossiers, Sondeos, Documenta, etc. It also issued catalogues of its publications. The Centrum für Internationale Entwicklung in Vienna now holds the a comprehensive collection of publications from the center. This collection which was previously held by the Österreichisches Lateinamerika-Institut.
Teachers and Alumni[]
Paulo Freire was a regular guest at the Centro. Other visitors, students and staff include , Everett Gendler, Robert S. Leiken, , Paul Goodman, , Susan Sontag, Erich Fromm, Peter L. Berger, John Holt, Joel Spring, Carl Mitcham, , , André Gorz, Lini De Vries, Robert K. Logan, , etc.
Current[]
The site is currently used as Cuernavaca Language School (CLS)[2]
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External links[]
- Liberation theology
- Defunct universities and colleges in Mexico