Editorial. Interview with Humberto Maturana and Ximena Dávila: reading and education in the context of reform

Abstract

Humberto Maturana, biologist and National Science Award (1994) and Ximena Dávila, epistemologist and expert on family and organizational relationships, visited Chillán in 2014 for a meeting with teachers in the province of Ñuble, Chile. Maturana, creator of the concept of autopoiesis or organization of the living, and Davila, creator of the liberating conversation focused on human pain and suffering; both together, for more than a decade, founded the “Escuela Matríztica”, a reflective research center on the human in and from biology-culture. The interview took place on September 28, 2014, for the space of ninety minutes. The interview was conducted by Maria Loreto Mora Olate, Master in Education and professor at the Faculty of Education and Humanities of Universidad del Bío-Bío. In this conversation, Maturana and Dávila, address, first, the issue of reading comprehension and its link with the living, and secondly, they share their insights about the process of educational reform experienced by Chile. The transcription of the interview has been edited to improve clarity and readability