Epistemología andina

Del exterminio de lo ajeno a la recuperación de lo propio

Authors

  • Josef Estermann Emeritus of University of Lucerne

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.140431

Abstract

The search for an indigenous Andean epistemology encounters many obstacles from the dominant Western epistemology that has been imposed on the entire world since Modernity. The need arises as an intercultural and decolonial deconstruction of the main assumptions of Western techno-science and the development of an indigenous epistemology based on Indigenous Andean cosmovivencia and philosophy. The question of language is central to this aspiration. By way of example, the author designs guidelines for an indigenous medical science in the context of illness and health. Without a critical intercultural dialogue or polylogue that includes a decolonial and depatriarchal perspective, it is not possible to have an indigenous epistemology of our own.

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Published

2024-08-31

How to Cite

ESTERMANN, Josef. Epistemología andina: Del exterminio de lo ajeno a la recuperación de lo propio. Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 18, n. 2, p. 13–36, 2024. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.140431. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/140431. Acesso em: 15 sep. 2026.

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