“Retornar al origen: narrativas ancestrales sobre humanidad, tiempo y mundo”: contributions for a post-abyssal scientific and academic field in South America

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1676-6288.prolam.23.211853

Keywords:

Indigenous peoples, Ancestral knowledge, History, Post abyssal thinking, Intercultural translation

Abstract

The work “Retornar al Origen Narrativas ancestrales sobre humanidade, tiempo y mundo” is the result of a partnership between South American academics and native “sages”, as the indigenous authorities interviewed are called. In it we find reports on the origins and trajectories of humanity based on the worldviews of each of the different ethnic groups presented (the Kichwa, the Muina, the Aimara, the Nasa Yuwe and the Shuar) and also a reflection on the council of elders of the Mama Kogui people. The book relies on oral tradition as a reliable source of knowledge, incorporates certain ancestral categories, and reveals the use of transgressive methodologies. Thus, it exposes that the commitment to radical co-presence between different epistemologies and ontologies is an important step towards the construction of an intercultural and post-abyssal academic environment in South America.

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Author Biographies

  • Bruna Muriel F. Huertas, Universidade Federal do ABC

    Docente do Bacharelado em Humanidades e do Bacharelado em Relações Internacionais da Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). E-mail: bruna.muriel@ufabc.edu.br

     

  • Fernando Oliveira Nascimento, Universidade Federal do ABC

    Mestrando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Relações Internacionais da Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). E-mail: fernando.nascimento@aluno.ufabc.edu.br.

References

RUEDA, Eduardo A.; et al. (ed.) BONILLA, Óscar et al (ed.) Retornar al origen: narrativas ancestrales sobre humanidad, tiempo y mundo, 1a ed., Buenos Aires: CLACSO; Montevideo: UNESCO, 2022. Disponível em: <https://www.clacso.org.ar/libreria-latinoamericana/libro_detalle.php?orden=nro_orden&id_libro=2482&pageNum_rs_libros=2&totalRows_rs_libros=1672&orden=nro_orden>. Acesso em 18 out. 2022.

SANTOS, Boaventura de Sousa. Para além do pensamento abissal: das linhas globais a uma ecologia dos saberes. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, Coimbra, n.78, pp. 03-46, abr. 2007a. Disponível em: https://www.ces.uc.pt/myces/UserFiles/livros/147_Para%20alem%20do%20pensamento%20abissal_RCCS78.pdf Acesso em:20 dez. 2023.

Published

2023-12-31

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Resenhas

How to Cite

Huertas, B. M. F., & Nascimento, F. O. . (2023). “Retornar al origen: narrativas ancestrales sobre humanidad, tiempo y mundo”: contributions for a post-abyssal scientific and academic field in South America. Brazilian Journal of Latin American Studies, 22(47), 277-287. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1676-6288.prolam.23.211853