Knowing the other/other ways of knowing: Indigenous feminism, testimonial, and anti-globalization street discourse

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-96
Author(s):  
Isabel Dulfano

In this article, I explore the relationship between anti-globalization counter hegemonic discourse and Indigenous feminist alternative knowledge production. Although seemingly unrelated, the autoethnographic writing of some Indigenous feminists from Latin America questions the assumptions and presuppositions of Western development models and globalization, while asserting an identity as contemporary Indigenous activist women. Drawing on the central ideas developed in the book Indigenous Feminist Narratives: I/We: Wo(men) of An(Other) Way, I reflect on parallels and counterpoints between the voices from the global street movement, “other” epistemologies (identified hereafter), postcolonial theory, and contemporary Indigenous feminist theorization.

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Smith

Based on ethnographic research at five Czech universities from 2011 to 2013, this article explores how academics make sense of and claims to three qualitatively distinct temporal regimes in which their activities as knowledge producers are inscribed: disciplinary time, career time and project time. This conceptual framework, a modification of Shinn’s distinction between disciplinary, transitory and transversal knowledge-production regimes, seeks to replace images of competition and succession between regimes with images of their recombination and intersection. It enables an interpretation of the empirical findings beyond the indigenous complaint that excessive speed is compromising the quality of knowledge production. The relationship between projects, careers and disciplines emerges from the study as problematic rather than synergistic. In this respect the paper does not contradict the claim by critical theorists that we are witnessing the disintegration of what used to be a functional relationship between the multiple temporalities of academic knowledge production based on standardized career scripts, nor the related claim that this may reflect a deeper crisis of modernity as a predictive regime for the production of futures. It proposes, however, that transversal projects can still be mediators of ‘disciplinary respiration’ insofar as their timeframes are available for variable calibration commensurate with the increasingly heteronomous ways of knowing and knowledge routines that academic researchers practise.


Author(s):  
Aneta Stojnić

In this paper I shall argue that radical epistemic delinking has a key role in liberation from the Colonial Matrix of Power as well as the change in the existing global power relations which are based in the colonialism and maintained through exploitation, expropriation and construction of the (racial) Other. Those power relations render certain bodies and spaces as (epistemologically) irrelevant. In order to discuss possible models of struggle against such condition, firstly I have addressed the relation between de-colonial theories and postcolonial studies, arguing that decolonial positions are both historicising and re-politicising the postcolonial theory. In my central argument I have focused on the epistemic delinking and political implications of decolonial turn. With reference to Grada Killomba I have argued for the struggle against epistemic violence through decolonising knowledge. Decolonising knowledge requires delinking form Eurocentric model of knowledge production and radical dismantling the existing hierarchies among different knowledge. It requires recognition of the ‘Other epistemologies’ and ‘Other knowledge’ as well as liberation from Western disciplinary and methodological limitations. One of the main goals of decolonial project is deinking from the Colonial Matrix of Power. However, delinking is not required only in the areas of economy and politics but also in the field of epistemology. Article received: June 15, 2017; Article accepted: June 26, 2017; Published online: October 15, 2017; Original scholarly paperHow to cite this article: Stojnić, Aneta. "Power, Knowledge, and Epistemic Delinking." AM Journal of Art and Media Studies 14 (2017): 105-111. doi: 10.25038/am.v0i14.218


Económica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 173-200
Author(s):  
Andres Fioriti ◽  
Fernando Andrés Delbianco

We seek to analyze the relationship between some macroeconomics variables and commodity prices in Latin America. The main hypothesis is that the economic performance in the area is tied to the pattern followed by the commodity prices. Moreover we expect to find that some commodities are more relevant than others. We find evidence supporting our former hypothesis but not the latter. An important result is that macroeconomic variables and commodity prices breaks followed a bimodal distribution over the last 60 years with one mode around the 70s and the other mode at the beginning of the 21th century.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Bille Larsen

This article explores the relationship between indigenous rights, international standards, and development in Latin America with a specific focus on ILO Convention 169 on the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples and its application in the region. Whereas, on the one hand, democratic change, constitutional reforms and the recognition of indigenous peoples signal the emergence of a new rights era, on the other hand, deep-running inequalities, persistent poverty and development conflicts reveal structural tensions and the ambiguities of recognition. While such ambiguity is often explained as a consequence of poor implementation and compromised rights standards, this article analyses trends in both orthodox and heterodox polities as well as in the international arena in order to draw further attention to how rights regimes are being renegotiated. Rights under this ‘new jungle law’ are no longer characterised by neglect and poor implementation, but through reappropriation, strategic attention and regulatory negotiations, revealing a sliding scale of potentialities between empowerment and normalisation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (314) ◽  
pp. 713
Author(s):  
Reuberson Ferreira ◽  
Ney De Souza

O presente artigo tem por objetivo apontar a relação entre a III Conferência Geral do Episcopado Latino-Americano celebrada no final de janeiro e início de fevereiro de 1979 em Puebla de Los Angeles (México) e os Bispos do Brasil; indicar quem foram os Bispos do Brasil que de Puebla tomaram parte e em quais aspectos eles contribuíram. Tal colaboração será externada em duas vertentes. De um lado, a contribuição dos Bispos do Brasil enquanto Conferência Episcopal Nacional; de outro, a colaboração pessoal de prelados, especialmente Aloísio Lorscheider e Luciano Mendes de Almeida, que, ou por sua liderança natural no episcopado Latino-Americano ou por suas opções e testemunhos eclesiológicos, influíram profundamente em posições assumidas no Documento Final. A metodologia de pesquisa será da revisão de literatura. As fontes serão arquivos do CNBB, CELAM e publicações contemporâneas a conferência de 1979. Abstract: The purpose of this article is to point out the relationship between the Third General Conference of Latin American Episcopate held in late January and early February 1979 in Puebla de Los Angeles (Mexico) and the Bishops of Brazil; pointing out the bishops of Brazil who took part in Puebla and in what aspects they contributed. Such collaboration will be expressed in two parts. On the one hand, the contribution of the bishops of Brazil as National Episcopal Conference; On the other hand, the personal collaboration of prelates especially Aloísio Lorscheider and Luciano Mendes de Almeida who either by their natural leadership in the Latin American episcopate or by their ecclesiological options and testimonies have profoundly influenced positions assumed in the Final Document. The research methodology will be from the literature review. The sources will be archives from CNBB, CELAM and contemporary publications at the 1979 conference.Keywords: Puebla; Bishops of Brazil; Contribution; Final Document; Latin America.


2010 ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Topinka

Arguably the most famous heterotopia that appears in Foucault’s work is the Chinese encyclopedia, which originates in the fiction of Jorge Luis Borges. Drawing on this citation of Borges, this article examines Foucault’s notion of the heterotopia as it relates to order and knowledge production. Frequently, heterotopias are understood as sites of resistance. This article argues that shifting the focus from resistance to order and knowledge production reveals how heterotopias make the spatiality of order legible. By juxtaposing and combining many spaces in one site, heterotopias problematize received knowledge by destabilizing the ground on which knowledge is built. Yet heterotopias always remain connected to the dominant order; thus as heterotopias clash with dominant orders, they simultaneously produce new ways of knowing. This article first explores the tensions between Foucault’s two definitions of heterotopias before connecting these definitions to Foucault’s distinctly spatial understanding of knowledge as emerging from a clash of forces. Finally, the paper ends by returning to the relationship between Foucault, Borges, and heterotopias.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Nando Zikir Mahattir ◽  
Novi Anoegrajekti ◽  
Abu Bakar Ramadhan Muhamad

This research use Mas Marco's novel Student Hidjo as material object. The Postcolonial theory will be used to analys Student Hidjo novel’s by Mas Marco. Postcolonial is a set of theories to explore the effects of colonialism in various documents and behaviors, including literature. This study uses qualitative methods to obtain the necessary data from the novel. This type of analysis uses descriptive analysis. The analysis will use deconstruction method. This is in accordance with postcolonialism which is a reversal of the colonial discourse. Such a method is useful for reversing the colonial discourse which presents the relationship between colonizers >< colonized in the novel.. The relationship that seemed stable was undermined by the subjectivity of the colonized through their resistance. The various resistances presented by the colonized were understood by the postcolonialists as a form of an ambivalent legacy of colonialism. The ambivalent side occurs because the resulting resistance strikes both sides. On the one side attacking the invaders, but on the other side attacking resisting subject. Keywords: postcolonial, deconstruction, colonizers, colonized, ambivalent


Author(s):  
María Luisa Pfeiffer

ResumenLa ética, como praxis debe crear espacios de convivencia que permitan descubrir cuál es la característica de los espacios de dominación en que habitamos y tratar de construir otros donde los hombres y los pueblos puedan vivir libremente su destino. El planteo de este trabajo es que, en  América Latina, el espacio biotecnológico debido a que es una gran fuente de ambigüedades cuando de valores se trata, termina siendo aliado de los poderes dominantes. Se analiza especialmente esa característica en el uso de la ingeniería genética para la transformación de semillas, mostrando que si bien por un lado se puede considerar a la misma como una resultante valiosa de la ciencia, por el otro resulta dañina no sólo en lo relativo a la conservación de la vida con toda su diversidad, sino en lo económico, social, cultural, antropológico e incluso médico. El propósito final del trabajo es una reflexión sobre el mito del progreso asociado al crecimiento de la biotecnología y la necesidad de establecer límites éticos al mismo.  Palabras clave: Biotecnología, tecnociencia, progreso, transgénicos, América Latina.***************************************************The relationship between biotechnology and progress as “unquestioned values”, its ethical and political implicaturesAbstractEthics, as praxis, must create spaces for coexistence that allow us to discover what is the characteristic of the domination spaces we live in, as well as to create others where individuals and peoples can live their destiny in a free way. This paper states that in Latin America, given that it is a source of  ambivalence when thinking about values, biotechnology ends up being an ally of the dominant powers. This characteristic is specially analyzed in the use of genetic engineering for seed transformation, showing that, even though it can be considered as a valuable result of science, on the other hand it is hazardous not only in regards to conservancy of life in all its diversity, but also in economic, social, cultural, anthropological, and even, medical respects. The final aim of the paper is to stimulate a reflection about the myth of progress associated to the growth of biotechnology, and to state theneed to establish ethical limits to it. Key words: biotechnology, techno-science, progress, transgenic, Lain America***************************************************A relação entre biotecnologia e progresso como “valores indiscutidos”, suas implicações éticas e políticasResumoA ética, como práxis, deve criar espaços de convivência que permitam descobrir qual é a característica dos espaços de dominação em que habitamos e tratar de construir outros onde os homens e os povos possam viver livremente seu destino. O foco deste trabalho é que na América Latina o espaço biotecnológico devido a que é uma grande fonte de ambiguidades quando de valores se trata, acaba sendo aliado dos poderes dominantes. Analisa-se especialmente essa característica no uso da engenharia genética para a transformação de sementes, mostrando que se bem por um lado se pode considerar a mesmo como uma resultante valiosa da ciência, pelo outro resulta danosa nãosó no relativo à conservação da vida com toda sua diversidade, mas no econômico, social, cultural, antropológico e até no médico. O propósito final do trabalho é uma reflexão sobre o mito do progresso associado ao crescimento da biotecnologia e à necessidade de estabelecer limites éticos ao mesmo. Palavras chave: Biotecnologia, tecnociência, progresso, transgênicos, América Latina.


2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-224
Author(s):  
Eglė Truskauskienė

The paper presents a part of the dissertation work “Urban dynamics of the Lithuanian seaside”. This section covers the problems of Klaipėda urban development and assessment of new opportunities under the effect of globalization factors. Klaipėda is compared with the other Baltic seaports in order to investigate its potential for redevelopment and dynamics of the urban structure. The study reveals the most important trend of urban dynamics in the era of globalization – an integrated development of the seaport and city system. Common development of these structures allows to solve the problems of both port and city in the most efficient way. In such a context Klaipėda appears as a seaport city which is changing along the seaside contrary to the natural seaport life cycle. This contradiction occurs because of urban development which is complicated by natural factors, land shortage and difficulties in coordinating different interests of stakeholders. Klaipėda seaport could also be applicable for rational decision-making in the field of urban development. It could be implemented by applying the pratice of the other Baltic seaports which is based on analysing the seaside efficiency, using new seaport development models and trends of systematic urban planning. On this basis Klaipėda should become an area of urban development with an integrated planning of the seaport and city system considering the relationship between these still little related parts. Santrauka Straipsnyje pateikiama platesnio disertacinio darbo „Lietuvos pajūrio urbanistinė dinamika“ dalis. Ši dalis skirta Klaipėdos urbanistinės raidos problemoms nagrinėti ir naujoms galimybėms įvertinti, veikiant globalizacijos faktoriams. Klaipėda lyginama su kitais Baltijos uostamiesčiais, tiriant jų plėtros potencialą ir urbanistinės struktūros dinamiką. Tyrime ryškėja svarbiausia globalizacijos epochos urbanistinės dinamikos tendencija – uosto ir miesto sisteminė plėtra. Šių struktūrų bendras vystymas leidžia efektyviai spręsti tiek uosto, tiek miesto problemas. Tokiame kontekste Klaipėda išsiskiria kaip uostamiestis, kuris palei pakrantę juda atvirkščiai, nei diktuoja natūralus uostų raidos ciklas, nes kryptingą urbanistinę plėtrą komplikuoja gamtiniai veiksniai, teritorijų stygius bei sunkiai suderinami įvairių ūkinių subjektų, turinčių interesų pakrantėse, poreikiai. Pritaikius kitų Baltijos uostų aktualią praktiką, nagrinėjant pakrančių efektyvumą, taikant naujus uostų plėtros modelius ir sisteminio planavimo diktuojamas urbanistinės raidos kryptis, Klaipėdos uostamiestyje taip pat galima rasti racionalių plėtros sprendimų. Klaipėdai siūloma urbanistinės raidos kryptis – sisteminis uosto ir miesto planavimas, rūpinantis ryšiais tarp šių, kol kas menkai susijusių, uostamiesčio dalių.


Idäntutkimus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-65
Author(s):  
Eeva Kuikka

Artikkeli tarkastelee nenetsikirjailija Anna Nerkagin pienoisromaaneja Nogo-suvun Aniko (1976) ja Valkea jäkälä (1996) sekä venäläisen elokuvaohjaaja Vladimir Tumajevin näiden teosten pohjalta ohjaamaa elokuvaa Valkea jäkälä (2014). Lähestyn teoksia kysymällä, kuinka niissä kuvataan arktista tundraa tilana ja kuinka teoksissa kuvattu perifeerinen tila esitetään suhteessa valtakeskuksiin. Artikkelin tärkeimpinä teoreettisina viitekehyksinä toimivat geokritiikki sekä jälkikolonialistinen teoria. Nerkagin teoksissa tundra näyttäytyy muusta maasta irrallisena alkuperäiskansan toimintaympäristönä, joka kytkeytyy sekä nenetsien historiaan että näiden suhteeseen ei-inhimillisen luonnon kanssa. Erityisesti Valkean jäkälän voi nähdä myös kritisoivan yhteiskunnan tapaa laiminlyödä alueen asioiden hoitoa. Tumajevin elokuva puolestaan nojaa venäläisessä kulttuurissa vallitseviin käsityksiin arktisesta tundrasta ja heijastaa myös Venäjän 2000-luvulla aktivoitunutta tarvetta profiloitua arktisena suurvaltana. Imagined Peripheries Abstract: This article focuses on Nenets author Anna Nerkagi’s short novels Aniko of the Clan Nogo (1976) and The White Moss (1996) and their film adaptation The White Moss (2014) by Russian film director Vladimir Tumaev. I approach these works by asking how they depict the Arctic tundra as a space and how they describe the relationship between this peripheral space and the power centres. The main theoretical frameworks used are geocriticism and postcolonial theory. Nerkagi’s works depict the tundra as a region that is disconnected from the rest of the country and defined by Nenets history and the relationship with non-human nature. Especially in The White Moss, the reader can also notice a social critique of the neglect of the region. Tumaev’s film, on the other hand, relies on Russian cultural conceptions of the Arctic tundra and reflects Russia’s urge to be profiled as an Arctic superpower in the 2000s.


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