JATARISHUN: indigenous peasant uprisings of Ecuador and Good Living

Araujo, Larissa da Silva; Silva, Ana Tereza Reis da

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DOSSIER 1 • Cad. CRH 35 • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.9771/ccrh.v35i0.48997 copy

JATARISHUN: indigenous peasant uprisings of Ecuador and Good Living ¹ 1 This research was possible because of the collaboration with interlocutors and the scholarship from the Geneva Graduate Institute. We also thank Carolina Mendes for the English language revision.

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This article analyzes the Indigenous Peasant Movements (IPM) of Ecuador as a social force and political actor. By proposing an alternative to the Ecuadorian crisis based on the Sumak Kawsay (Good Living) values, the IPM expand democratic spaces and formulate an extended sense of citizenship. The text focuses on the events of the 2019 national strike in Ecuador, in retrospective dialogue with previous uprisings. It draws on the testimonies of the Kayambi people, collected before and after the strike, in semi-structured interviews, and ethnographic work. Results show that the memory of previous struggles was an essential motivation for the emergence of the uprisings. Besides, unity and solidarity among rural actors and other sectors of Ecuadorian society were the basis for the strike’s strength and power. Finally, in dialogue with the Emancipatory Rural Politics, the article contributes to critical approaches to the role of indigenous peasant peoples in struggles for life alternatives.

Social movements; Direct action; Indigenous peasant peoples; Good living; Ecuador

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[1] Larissa Da Silva Araujo – PhD candidate in Anthropology and Sociology at the Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland. She works on issues related to systemic alternatives, indigenous and peasant movements, women’s movements, and agroecology. Member of the Collective GRITO, Switzerland. Her most recent publications are: “Prácticas cotidianas agroecológicas hacia el Sumak Kawsay/Buen Vivir en el territorio del Pueblo Kayambi - Cayambe, Ecuador” (2021); “¿Convivencia en armonía? La lucha de las chakareras contra de la violencia de género” (2021).

Ana Tereza Reis da Silva – Associate Professor 3 at the Faculty of Education, University of Brasilia (UnB), working in the Graduate Program in Education (PPGE) and in the Master in Sustainability with Traditional Peoples and Territories (MESPT), both at UnB. Leader of the Research Group Education, Knowledge and Decolonialities (GPDES/CNPq). Hier most recent publications are: “A diversidade cultural como potencia pedagógica: do encontro à educação intercultural” (2021); “Trajetórias Formativas de Musicistas Negros no Pós-Abolição (1890-1930)”, (2022, forthcoming).

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JATARISHUN: indigenous peasant uprisings of Ecuador and Good Living 1 1 This research was possible because of the collaboration with interlocutors and the scholarship from the Geneva Graduate Institute. We also thank Carolina Mendes for the English language revision.

JATARISHUN: indigenous peasant uprisings of Ecuador and Good Living ¹ 1 This research was possible because of the collaboration with interlocutors and the scholarship from the Geneva Graduate Institute. We also thank Carolina Mendes for the English language revision.