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The article aims to explore the Epistemologies of the South framework and its implications for understanding diverse worldviews and territorial struggles.

January 1, 2016AIBR Revista de Antropologia IberoamericanaOpen Access

Thinking-feeling with the Earth: Territorial Struggles and the Ontological Dimension of the Epistemologies of the South

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AEArturo EscobarUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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This article discusses how Epistemologies of the South inform territorial struggles through relational ontologies, highlighting indigenous reactions against mining practices.

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The article aims to explore the Epistemologies of the South framework and its implications for understanding diverse worldviews and territorial struggles.
Describes relational ontologies and their significance in recognizing non-Western perspectives.
Analyzes indigenous reactions against mining practices as examples of ontological occupation of land.
Advocates for the importance of popular knowledges in driving social transformation.
Demonstrates that relational ontologies offer a deeper understanding of social transformation beyond Eurocentric perspectives.
Highlights various indigenous movements asserting their knowledge against dominant mining practices.
Argues for the transition to a pluriverse as a more inclusive approach to knowledge and existence.

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Arturo Escobar (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dbe47e498b35d3e6a3d7d3 https://doi.org/10.11156/aibr.110102e

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This article discusses how Epistemologies of the South inform territorial struggles through relational ontologies, highlighting indigenous reactions against mining practices.

Thinking-feeling with the Earth: Territorial Struggles and the Ontological Dimension of the Epistemologies of the South

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