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- Title
Non-Western Epistemology and the Understanding of the Pachamama (Environment) Within the World(s) of the Aymara Identity.
- Authors
Huanca, Yaneth Katia Apaza
- Abstract
The purpose of this article is to understand, from the perspective of the Bolivian Aymara identity of Bolivia, the intrinsic relation these persons have with Nature. This task is developed through the study of what they call Pachamama (sacred Mother Earth), which is part of their identity as an 'all interrelated whole, the Suma Qamaña or Good Living', and which can be considered a non-Western epistemology. Their worldview breaks with the Western (anthropocentric) conception of environment that informs European and Anglo-Saxon continental law, and that is currently predominant in international standards of reference. Proponents of this perspective achieved a transformation in the international treatment of Nature, recognised by the United Nations (Resolution 63/278 of 2009, promoted by the Bolivian State), gaining inspiration from the inclusion by Ecuador of Pacha Mama (Nature) as a subject of rights in its constitution (2008).
- Subjects
PACAMAMA (Goddess); AYMARA (South American people); RELIGIOUS identity
- Publication
International Journal for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy, 2019, Vol 8, Issue 3, p6
- ISSN
2202-7998
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5204/ijcjsd.v8i3.1241