Abstract:Esse artigo estuda o conceito de sumak kawsay em quéchua/quíchua ou suma qamaña em aimara. Na primeira parte, analisa a origem e significado do conceito. Mapeia seus diversos usos, debatendo se ele deveria ser entendido como ideias distintas ou como um conceito unitário. Na segunda parte, discute a apropriação da noção durante os processos constituintes ocorridos no Equador e na Bolívia e sua utilização como justificativa programática pelos respectivos governos, de Rafael Correa e de Evo Morales, articulada a … Show more
“…76 Silva proposes that the complete concept can be translated as 'harmonious life' . 77 Many scholars across South America and beyond have learned from Andean and Amazonian communities (Kichwas, Quechuas, Guaranis, and Aymaras) by adopting Buen Vivir and, particularly, the language of Sumak Kawsay over the last decades. Interconnections between major Indigenous organisations that date back to the 1990s 78 spread Sumak Kawsay beyond the Ecuadorian Amazon.…”
Although Critical Security Studies (CSS) has done much to advance security debates, some shortcomings remain. Its excessive focus on the individual – which we term ‘me’ – reduces CSS' capacity to propose solutions to current global security problems such as pandemics and climate change. This paper contributes to the emerging scholarship on the potential of relational ontologies in Security Studies by introducing Buen Vivir Indigenous cosmopraxes into the debate. Indigenous cosmopraxes such as Sumak Kawsay, Suma Qamaña, and Teko Kavi, we argue, can inform CSS by providing alternative considerations to the pluriverse of ideas that address security crises. These cosmopraxes, which make up the broad notion of Buen Vivir, provide a way to think and enact security from a collective perspective, one that emphasises ‘we’ instead of the liberal self. In that sense, these cosmopraxes allow us to conceive security differently and face insecurities together.
“…76 Silva proposes that the complete concept can be translated as 'harmonious life' . 77 Many scholars across South America and beyond have learned from Andean and Amazonian communities (Kichwas, Quechuas, Guaranis, and Aymaras) by adopting Buen Vivir and, particularly, the language of Sumak Kawsay over the last decades. Interconnections between major Indigenous organisations that date back to the 1990s 78 spread Sumak Kawsay beyond the Ecuadorian Amazon.…”
Although Critical Security Studies (CSS) has done much to advance security debates, some shortcomings remain. Its excessive focus on the individual – which we term ‘me’ – reduces CSS' capacity to propose solutions to current global security problems such as pandemics and climate change. This paper contributes to the emerging scholarship on the potential of relational ontologies in Security Studies by introducing Buen Vivir Indigenous cosmopraxes into the debate. Indigenous cosmopraxes such as Sumak Kawsay, Suma Qamaña, and Teko Kavi, we argue, can inform CSS by providing alternative considerations to the pluriverse of ideas that address security crises. These cosmopraxes, which make up the broad notion of Buen Vivir, provide a way to think and enact security from a collective perspective, one that emphasises ‘we’ instead of the liberal self. In that sense, these cosmopraxes allow us to conceive security differently and face insecurities together.
Em 10 de novembro de 2019, ocorreu mais um golpe de Estado na Bolívia. Evo Morales renunciou ao seu mandato presidencial após perder a “batalha das ruas” para as oposições políticas do país. O fatídico desfecho ocorreu após a sugestão de abdicação feita pelo comandante das Forças Armadas, general Williams Kaliman. A instabilidade política após a eleição presidencial em 20 de outubro contribuiu decisivamente para esse acontecimento. O tema despertou debates nos meios universitário e diversas análises jornalísticas. Paralelamente, exames sobre o assunto foram feitos por pesquisadores dedicados à história latino-americana. Almejamos contribuir com tais debates neste artigo. Refletiremos sobre a história boliviana entre 2006 e 2019. Avaliaremos os quase 14 anos de gestão de Evo Morales e as motivações para o golpe de Estado que finalizou com a revolução democrática e cultural boliviana.
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