DECOLONIZING THE HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

Abstract

Is it possible to think about human rights in a decolonial key? The trajectory ofits recognition is universal, universable or it hides another trajectories of fights?Based on that – another six points are thought to reissue the question: a) Thedifferent European modernities, including the Iberian period; b) The revolutionaryprocess beyond bourgeois revolts, including other insurrections against the system;c) The infl uence of the African diaspora and slavery to rethink the hidden humansuffering; d) The second wave of decolonization – the asian and african coutries,that put the struggle for independence and the reconfi guration of another noneuropean tradition e) The use of new techniques such as literature, film and visualarts, opening the field for extended experimentation with human rights visions;f) Anthropology of senses, so that the five senses can be used to provide directionsto a new topic of human rights Keywords: Decolonization – Modernities – Eurocentrism – African Diáspora –Anthropology of Senses.