Ancestral Knowledges and Postcoloniality in Contemporary Ecuador
Ancestral Knowledges and Postcoloniality in Contemporary Ecuador In light of an unprecedented constitutional acknowledgement of diverse epistemologies and stipulation making the protection and…
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Ancestral Knowledges and Postcoloniality in Contemporary Ecuador
In light of an unprecedented constitutional acknowledgement of diverse epistemologies and stipulation making the protection and advancement of so-called 'ancestral knowledges' a duty of the state, this research provides an analysis of the uptake of historically subalternised knowledges by the state during the government of Rafael Correa (2007-2017), as well as of the strive for epistemic justice by peoples and nationalities' organisations in the context of struggles for social change, decolonisation, and self-determination. This monograph will be of interest to those On the basis of rich empirical material, the analysis traces state discourses and practices and mechanisms to govern 'ancestral knowledges' in the framework of the government's Knowledge Society project and delineates how leaders of peoples and nationalities' organisations struggle for the decolonisation of knowledge.