Thinking-feeling with the Earth: Territorial Struggles and the Ontological Dimension of the Epistemologies of the South
The theoretical framework of Epistemologies of the South was proposed by Boaventura de Sousa Santos as a way to recognize other different manners to understand the World. This offers a much more relevant role to non-Western views about our existence. Under this framework the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red |
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| Online Access: | http://www.aibr.org/antropologia/netesp/numeros/1101/110102e.pdf |
| Summary: | The theoretical framework of
Epistemologies of the South
was proposed by Boaventura de
Sousa Santos as a way to recognize other different manners to understand the World. This
offers a much more relevant role to non-Western views about our existence. Under this
framework the present article describes the concept of relational ontologies, which implies
different theoretical fundamentals for those who no longer want to be complicit with the
silencing of popular knowledges and experiences by Eurocentric knowledge. Responding to
the monolithic idea of World or Universe, this article presents a transition towards the zapatist inspiration of pluriverse, a world where many words fit. The article describes several
examples of indigenous reactions against the mining practices, which were extended into
the ontological occupation of the land. This article also argues that the knowledge offered
by the Epistemologies of the South is much deeper for the context of social transformation
than the one that usually originates in the academy. |
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| ISSN: | 1695-9752 1578-9705 |