From Indigenous Literatures to Native American and Indigenous Theorists: The Makings of a Grassroots Decoloniality

From the coloniality of power to the decolonial swerve, US-centered decolonial academics concur with the foundational points introduced by Peruvian sociologist Aníbal Quijano. Nevertheless, they seldom cite Latin American Indigenous or Native American intellectuals’ decolonial perspectives, or exami...

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Main Author: Arturo Arias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Latin American Studies Association 2018-09-01
Series:Latin American Research Review
Online Access:https://larrlasa.org/articles/181
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spelling doaj-f46cfb1a33f9492bb4af8f3ff50695ba2020-11-25T01:17:54ZengLatin American Studies AssociationLatin American Research Review0023-87911542-42782018-09-0153361362610.25222/larr.181139From Indigenous Literatures to Native American and Indigenous Theorists: The Makings of a Grassroots DecolonialityArturo Arias0University of California, MercedFrom the coloniality of power to the decolonial swerve, US-centered decolonial academics concur with the foundational points introduced by Peruvian sociologist Aníbal Quijano. Nevertheless, they seldom cite Latin American Indigenous or Native American intellectuals’ decolonial perspectives, or examine specific bodies of critical thinking emerging in hemispheric Indigenous communities. In turn, a diversity of Indigenous paradigms and methods are appearing in the Americas, either as literary texts or critical works. Indigenous or Native American writers and theorists are often political actors, working within their respective grassroots movements, or writing to advance specific goals of their own communities. This article will emphasize Native American and Indigenous decolonial issues framed from a critique of contemporary Indigenous narratives. Their views both enrich and complicate Western decolonial theorists’ assumptions. Examining their production provides continuity to the political and epistemological searches of both, while also contributing to breaking down those invisible walls separating them. De la colonialidad del poder al giro decolonial, los académicos decoloniales que trabajan en los Estados Unidos coinciden con los aspectos fundacionales introducidos por el sociólogo Aníbal Quijano. Sin embargo, rara vez citan las perspectivas descolonizadoras de intelectuales indígenas. Tampoco examinan las corrientes específicas de pensamiento crítico que están surgiendo en las comunidades indígenas del hemisferio. Toda una gran diversidad de paradigmas y métodos indígenas han aparecido en las Américas, sea como textos literarios, o como pensamiento crítico. Los escritores o teóricos indígenas suelen ser actores políticos, trabajando dentro de sus respectivos movimientos de base, o bien escribiendo para avanzar metas concretas de estas organizaciones. Este articulo enfatiza las problemáticas descolonizadoras indígenas enmarcadas desde una perspectiva de la crítica de narrativas indígenas contemporáneas. Sus puntos de vista enriquecen y complican las presuposiciones de muchos teóricos decoloniales occidentales. Examinando su producción provee continuidad a las búsquedas políticas y epistemológicas de ambos, y contribuye a romper los muros invisibles que los separan.https://larrlasa.org/articles/181
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From Indigenous Literatures to Native American and Indigenous Theorists: The Makings of a Grassroots Decoloniality
Latin American Research Review
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title From Indigenous Literatures to Native American and Indigenous Theorists: The Makings of a Grassroots Decoloniality
title_short From Indigenous Literatures to Native American and Indigenous Theorists: The Makings of a Grassroots Decoloniality
title_full From Indigenous Literatures to Native American and Indigenous Theorists: The Makings of a Grassroots Decoloniality
title_fullStr From Indigenous Literatures to Native American and Indigenous Theorists: The Makings of a Grassroots Decoloniality
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description From the coloniality of power to the decolonial swerve, US-centered decolonial academics concur with the foundational points introduced by Peruvian sociologist Aníbal Quijano. Nevertheless, they seldom cite Latin American Indigenous or Native American intellectuals’ decolonial perspectives, or examine specific bodies of critical thinking emerging in hemispheric Indigenous communities. In turn, a diversity of Indigenous paradigms and methods are appearing in the Americas, either as literary texts or critical works. Indigenous or Native American writers and theorists are often political actors, working within their respective grassroots movements, or writing to advance specific goals of their own communities. This article will emphasize Native American and Indigenous decolonial issues framed from a critique of contemporary Indigenous narratives. Their views both enrich and complicate Western decolonial theorists’ assumptions. Examining their production provides continuity to the political and epistemological searches of both, while also contributing to breaking down those invisible walls separating them. De la colonialidad del poder al giro decolonial, los académicos decoloniales que trabajan en los Estados Unidos coinciden con los aspectos fundacionales introducidos por el sociólogo Aníbal Quijano. Sin embargo, rara vez citan las perspectivas descolonizadoras de intelectuales indígenas. Tampoco examinan las corrientes específicas de pensamiento crítico que están surgiendo en las comunidades indígenas del hemisferio. Toda una gran diversidad de paradigmas y métodos indígenas han aparecido en las Américas, sea como textos literarios, o como pensamiento crítico. Los escritores o teóricos indígenas suelen ser actores políticos, trabajando dentro de sus respectivos movimientos de base, o bien escribiendo para avanzar metas concretas de estas organizaciones. Este articulo enfatiza las problemáticas descolonizadoras indígenas enmarcadas desde una perspectiva de la crítica de narrativas indígenas contemporáneas. Sus puntos de vista enriquecen y complican las presuposiciones de muchos teóricos decoloniales occidentales. Examinando su producción provee continuidad a las búsquedas políticas y epistemológicas de ambos, y contribuye a romper los muros invisibles que los separan.
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