“TO WALK BY OWN PATHS”: THE ENDURANCE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA (COLOMBIA) THROUGH THE PATHS OF “OWN CULTURE”

This paper aims to describe the "own ways" of thought of four indigenous people from Colombia (Kogi, Wiwa, Arhuaco and Kankuamo). The research focuses on the fundamental narratives that invoke principles and dispositifs considered essential for its own culture. I discuss the meaning of own...

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Autor: León, Patricia Lora
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Revista Espaço ameríndio
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/38279
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/38279
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pensamento ameríndio
filosofia política
cosmopolítica
povos indígenas (Colômbia).
pensamento ameríndio
Amerindian thought
political philosophy
cosmopolitics
indigenous people (Colombia).
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Sumario:This paper aims to describe the "own ways" of thought of four indigenous people from Colombia (Kogi, Wiwa, Arhuaco and Kankuamo). The research focuses on the fundamental narratives that invoke principles and dispositifs considered essential for its own culture. I discuss the meaning of own culture to the indigenous’ "essential communication" and their relationship with the physical and spiritual diversity of the universe. From the sense of communication expressed in Yuluka – the principle that accompanies the native sense of being and acting -, I present how other key principles are articulated to thought and own culture functioning (Alúna and Sewá). I analyze these principles, especially the assessment that indicates they enable mankind to fulfill his original mission of care and constant communication between all that exists in the world.