Weaving Epistemes: Community-Based Research in Latin America
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Weaving Epistemes: Community-Based Research in Latin America" at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Research in Latin America has constantly rethought its approach toward communities. Even though the transformations vary in each country and region, only epistemological dialogue on an equal footing will allow each country to revisit data, rethink practices, and better understand the relationships between materiality (space/nature) and human interactions. This epistemological dialogue can synchronize different cognitive regimes from the rich cultural diversity of the Americas, making it possible to understand power relations, ways of life, political hierarchies, practices, and social interactions among people in different contexts. This symposium aims to promote a conversation about the possibilities of establishing equivalent dialogues between academia and communities, especially among Latin American women.
Other Keywords
Historic •
Forensic Archaeology •
Warfare •
Violence •
Indigenous •
Communities of Practice •
Ancestral Pueblo •
contact period •
Ethnohistory/History •
Ethnography/Ethnoarchaeology
Geographic Keywords
Republic of Peru (Country) •
Republic of Panama (Country) •
Republic of Colombia (Country) •
Netherlands Antilles (Country) •
Aruba (Country) •
Republic of Ecuador (Country) •
Republic of Chile (Country) •
South America (Continent) •
South America •
Department of Martinique (Country)
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Bridging Voices around a Circle of Dialogue between Tupi Guarani, Tuxa, and Eastern Pequot Peoples through an Activist and Social Latin American Archaeology (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Weaving Epistemes: Community-Based Research in Latin America" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper presents the results of the first panel named “Indigenous Archaeologies, Territories, and Human Rights” as part of the seminar “Indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples in the Americas: Collaboration, Archaeology, Repatriation, and Heritage,” an inter-institutional collaboration between the Interdisciplinary Research...
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Daily Life Rhythms: Narrating Milpa Landscapes in Mexican mountains & Sustaining Agroforestry Practices in Brazil (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Weaving Epistemes: Community-Based Research in Latin America" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper highlights the importance of agroforestry communities in Latin America as guardians of ancestral knowledge related to plant cultivation and ecological practices that have shaped the region's landscape and cultural heritage. These communities celebrate the interconnectedness between people and the environment,...
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A Latin American choreography: entanglements of solidarity and collaboration for a forensic archaeology (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Weaving Epistemes: Community-Based Research in Latin America" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. A Latin American choreography: entanglements of solidarity and collaboration for a forensic archaeology Latin America was and still is one of the most prominent areas for the development of forensic archaeology and anthropology. It is a common sense between researchers of the field that this latin america perspective started...
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The Linguistic-Epistemic Uprising behind the Teaching of the Atacamenean Language (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Weaving Epistemes: Community-Based Research in Latin America" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper examines the insurgent practices of the people of Atacama who seek to teach Ckunza, a language that is extinct according to experts and the Chilean state. The Atacameños created the academy of the Ckunza language and teach the language in the community. Thus, they revive Ckunza, decolonizing the episteme imposed by...
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Past as Future in Times of Colonialism: Women’s Agroforestry Knowledge and Practices across Generations (2024)
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This is an abstract from the "Weaving Epistemes: Community-Based Research in Latin America" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper explores the Indigenous agroforestry communities from São Paulo and Paraná during the colonial period in Brazil. It highlights Tupiniquim women's practices, encompassing their roles in transmitting knowledge about plant cultivation, fostering food sovereignty, and preserving their language. Using botanical,...