scholarly journals Crisis Civilizatoria y Utopías: El Buen vivir como posibilidad

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Griselda Günther ◽  
Tania Arroyo
Keyword(s):  
Current Crisis ◽  
Buen Vivir ◽  
Living Well ◽  
Utopian Thinking

ResumenEste trabajo tiene por objetivo reflexionar sobre tres cuestiones: ¿Qué son la utopía y el pensamiento utópico?, ¿qué función cumplen ante la crisis civilizatoria actual? y ¿qué tan pertinente es pensar hoy en propuestas como la de Buen vivir como utopía? Para ello se expone brevemente cómo se entienden la utopía y el pensamiento utópico, recuperando el trabajo de algunos autores que se consideran, en este caso, claves. El objetivo es encontrar características comunes que se conjugan para construir una noción actual de utopía y de pensamiento utópico. Posteriormente, se desarrolla la idea de necesidad de las utopías ante el momento crítico actual por el cual atraviesa el planeta y la humanidad. Finalmente, concluimos poniendo en diálogo la utopía y la crisis civilizatoria a través de la propuesta emergente del Buen vivir como alternativa al desarrollo y sus potencialidades.Palabras-clave: Utopía, Buen vivir, Crisis Civilizatoria, Pensamiento Utópico, Vivir Bien Crise Civilizacional e Utopias: Boa Vida como uma PossibilidadeResumoEste trabalho tem como objetivo refletir sobre três questões: o que são a utopia e o pensamento utópico? Que papel eles cumprem na atual crise civilizacional? E quão relevante é hoje pensar em propostas como a do Buen vivir como utopia? Para isso, brevemente se expõe como utopia e pensamento utópico são compreendidos, recuperando o trabalho de alguns autores que são considerados, neste caso, essenciais. O objetivo é encontrar características comuns que se conjugam para criar uma noção atual de utopia e de pensamento utópico. Posteriormente, se desenvolve a ideia da necessidade de utopias diante do momento crítico que atravessa o planeta e a humanidade atualmente. Por fim, concluímos, colocando em diálogo a utopia e a crise civilizacional, justamente através da proposta do Buen vivir como uma alternativa ao desenvolvimento e suas potencialidades.Palavras-chave: Utopia, Buen Vivir, Crise Civilizacional, Pensamento Utópico, Vivir Bien The Crisis of Civilization and Utopias: “Buen Vivir” as a PossibilityAbstractThis work aims to reflect three main issues: the meaning of utopia and utopian thinking; the role they play in the current crisis of civilization; and how pertinent is to think today on proposals as Buen vivir (living well) or utopia. In order to feed these discussions, we briefly describe how utopia and utopian thinking are understood by recovering the work of some key authors. Our main objective is to find common characteristics that will allow us to combine and propose an updated notion of utopia and utopian thinking. Subsequently, we elaborate on utopia’s necessity for current world and humanity crisis. Finally, we conclude our discussion by addressing utopia and the civilization crisis through the emerging proposal of Buen vivir as an alternative for development and potentiality.Keywords: Utopia, Utopian Thinking, Buen Vivir, Vivir Bien, Living Well, Crisis of Civilization 

Living Well and Health Practices among Aymara People in Northern Chile

2021 ◽  
pp. 0094582X2110049
Author(s):  
Alejandra Carreño-Calderón
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Health Programs ◽  
Northern Chile ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
Buen Vivir ◽  
Living Well ◽  
Intercultural Health ◽  
Health Model

The current Chilean health model seeks to promote health equity among indigenous peoples by means of state intercultural health programs. As implemented regionally, these have been widely criticized as depoliticizing mechanisms meant to dominate the indigenous population. Study of the experiences of several indigenous health agents and associations fostered by these programs reveals that the strategic use of the concept of living well by indigenous peoples raises questions about the issues that are to be included in or excluded from the intercultural medical field. El actual modelo de salud chileno busca promover el acceso equitativo a la salud entre los pueblos indígenas a través de programas estatales de salud intercultural. Tal y como se aplican a nivel regional, estos han sido ampliamente criticados como mecanismos de despolitización diseñados para dominar a la población indígena. El estudio de las experiencias de varios agentes y asociaciones de salud indígenas impulsados por estos programas revela que el uso estratégico del concepto del buen vivir por parte de los pueblos indígenas plantea interrogantes sobre qué asuntos deben o no incluirse en el campo médico intercultural.

Indigenous Movements in Latin America

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Becker ◽  
Richard Stahler-Sholk
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Indigenous Languages ◽  
Indigenous Movements ◽  
Buen Vivir ◽  
The Public ◽  
Living Well ◽  
Public Consciousness

Political developments in Latin America have driven academic interest in Indigenous movements. This phenomenon emerged most clearly in the aftermath of massive uprisings that led to a flood of publications framed as “the return of the Indian” to the public consciousness. Much of our understanding of the history and trajectory of social movement organizing is a result of publications in response to these protests. Contemporary political concerns continue to inform much of the cutting-edge research on Indigenous movements. These issues include relations between social movements and elected officials (often framed as debates over horizontalism versus authoritarianism) and whether the extraction of natural resources can lead to economic development, including intense discussions over neoextractivism and the sumak kawsay, the Quechua term for living well (with equivalent phrases in other Indigenous languages, often translated in Spanish as buen vivir).

Community work, love and the indigenous worldview of buen vivir in Peru

2020 ◽  
pp. 002087282093025
Author(s):  
Naomi Joy Godden
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Buen Vivir ◽  
Solidarity Economy ◽  
Living Well ◽  
Practice Approach ◽  
Indigenous Worldview

The Latin American indigenous knowledge paradigm of buen vivir (‘living well’) encapsulates an equilibrium of rights of people and nature, with a ‘solidarity economy’ emphasising equities, equality and freedoms, social justice and ecological justice. In participatory research in Peru, community workers developed a love-based framework of practice that reflects features of buen vivir. Participants suggest love is values-based feeling and action aiming for a world of peace, happiness and prosperity by transforming social conditions for a system of equality through participatory and democratic processes. The findings enhance developmental social work and buen vivir literature with a localised, relationship-oriented practice approach.

scholarly journals Semillas y caminos para la educación latinoamericana en tiempos de incertidumbre

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Carlos Crespo Burgos
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Buen Vivir ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Living Well ◽  
Good Living ◽  
Sumak Kawsay ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Educational Movements

En América Latina vivimos un quiebre en las tendencias de los procesos políticos y sociales de cambio que venían desenvolviéndose en la primera década y media del presente siglo. En este contexto de incertidumbre, las sociedades se encuentran en la encrucijada ante las vías posibles que se abren a la educación: ¿igualdad, inclusión o competitividad para el mercado? Este artículo pasa revista por algunas importantes resignifi caciones planteadas a la educación en las últimas décadas por diversos movimientos sociales y educativos en América Latina, en el escenario de transformaciones sociales y políticas en que algunos Estados contribuyeron a la revitalización de la educación pública como un derecho humano. Nuevas generaciones exigen la educación como derecho y no quieren más educación como lucro. Pueblos indígenas proponen otros sentidos de la educación dentro del paradigma del Buen Vivir (Sumak Kawsay) o Vivir Bien (Suma Qamaña), buscan posicionar un nuevo signifi cado de la vida, en el horizonte de una nueva espiritualidad y convivencia. Estas alternativas ofrecen señales de posibles caminos frente al oscurecimiento humano que presenciamos actualmente.Palabras clave: Sentidos de la educación. Alternativas al desarrollo. Pertinencia cultural. Sementes e estradas para a educação latino-americana em tempos de incertezaRESUMONa América Latina vivemos uma ruptura nas tendências dos processos políticos e sociais de mudança que se desdobraram na primeira década e meia deste século. Nesse contexto de incerteza, as sociedades estão na encruzilhada diante de possíveis caminhos abertos à educação: igualdade, inclusão ou competitividade para o mercado? Este artigo analisa algumas ressignificações importantes da educação nas últimas décadas por diversos movimentos sociais e educacionais da América Latina, no cenário de transformações sociais e políticas em que alguns Estados contribuíram para a revitalização da educação pública como direito humano. As novas gerações exigem educação como um direito e não querem mais educação como lucro. Os povos indígenas propõem outras formas de educação dentro do paradigma do bem viver (Sumak Kawsay) ou segundo Living Well (Suma Qamaña) buscar um novo sentido da vida, no horizonte de uma nova espiritualidade e convívio. Essas alternativas oferecem sinais de possíveis caminhos contrários ao obscurecimento humano que estamos testemunhando atualmente.Palavras-chave: Sentidos da educação. Alternativas ao desenvolvimento. Relevância cultural. Seeds and roads for Latin American education in times of uncertaintyABSTRACTIn Latin America we have lived a break in the trends of the political and social processes of change that had been unfolding in the fi rst decade and a half of this century. In this context of uncertainty, societies are at the crossroads before the possible paths open to education: equality, inclusion or competitiveness for the market? This article reviews some important resignifi cations of education in recent decades by various social and educational movements in Latin America, in the scenario of social and political transformations where some States contributed to the revitalization of public education as a human right. New generations demand education as a right, they do not want more education as a profi t. Indigenous peoples propose other meanings of education within the paradigm of Good Living (Sumak Kawsay) or Living Well (Suma Qamaña), seeking to position a new meaning of life, on the horizon of a new spirituality and coexistence. These alternatives off er signs of possible paths against the human obscuration that we are witnessing today.Keywords: Senses of education. Alternatives to development. Cultural relevance.

Economic Poverty and Happiness in Rural Ecuador: the Importance of Buen Vivir (Living Well)

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 909-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando García-Quero ◽  
Jorge Guardiola
Keyword(s):  
Buen Vivir ◽  
Living Well

scholarly journals Buen Vivir: A Path to Reimagining Corporate Social Responsibility in Mexico after COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6451
Author(s):  
Bryan W. Husted
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Buen Vivir ◽  
Living Well ◽  
Corporate Social

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the unsustainable relations between business, society, and the natural environment in Mexico and around the world. Given these unsustainable relations, this essay asks the question: How can Mexican and multinational corporations enable human flourishing both at work and in the communities where they operate? It answers the question by examining how the Indigenous concept of Buen Vivir (living well) can serve as a basis for reimagining corporate social responsibility (CSR). Methodologically, it draws on ancient and contemporary Nahua poets as sources of ancestral Indigenous knowledge. Using these poets, the paper first establishes the applicability of Buen Vivir for Mexico. Relevant concepts include the quality of life, the relationship of humans to nature, the goal of economic growth, and the value of Indigenous knowledge. Using Buen Vivir as a framework for rethinking CSR, the paper integrates business within nature and dialogues with ancestral knowledge. It also focuses on localism and particularism, on quality in addition to quantity, on alternatives to economic growth, and on community. It ends by examining the implications of Buen Vivir for CSR theory and practice by incorporating Indigenous practices of communal work and conceptualizing the firm as a member of the community.

scholarly journals Maria’s Paradox: Oil Extraction and the Misery of Missing Development Alternatives in the Ecuadorian Amazon

2019 ◽  
pp. 203-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Arsel ◽  
Lorenzo Pellegrini ◽  
Carlos F. Mena
Keyword(s):  
Oil Extraction ◽  
Buen Vivir ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Peasant Communities ◽  
Living Well ◽  
Ecuadorian Amazon ◽  
Oil Sector ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Development Alternatives ◽  
The Impact

Why do some residents of the Ecuadorian Amazon support the expansion of oil extraction in their communities even when they believe that the impact of extractive industries on their communities and families has been negative, environmentally as well as economically? Building on nearly a decade of participatory research in the region, this chapter contextualizes this paradoxical choice within Ecuador’s encounter with oil extraction, which has not only failed to deliver the anticipated economic miracle but also resulted in a variety of immiserizing effects, be they economic, cultural, or ecological. Caught between the state whose functions are governed by an ‘extractive imperative’ and the oil sector whose presence is overwhelming, indigenous and peasant communities have not scored meaningful gains either by protesting against these dominant actors or by engaging with the much vaunted but ultimately ineffective concept of buen vivir (living well). The chapter argues that immiserization in this context is best understood as the absence of meaningful pathways to socio-economic development which force the eponymous Maria to choose intensified extraction despite the sector’s pervasive negative impacts on her family and community.

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