Ancestral Knowledges and Postcoloniality in Contemporary Ecuador: Epistemic Struggles and Situated Cosmopolitanisms

This research examines how the state in Ecuador adopted historically subalternized knowledge during the government of Rafael Correa (2007-2017) and how peoples and nationalities organizations fought for epistemic justice in the context of social change, decolonization, and self-determination. It analyzes state discourses and practices and mechanisms to govern ancestral knowledge in the Knowledge Society project and how leaders of peoples and nationalities organizations struggle for the decolonization of knowledge.

Format: Hardback
Length: 180 pages
Publication date: 04 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In the wake of a groundbreaking constitutional recognition of diverse epistemologies and the establishment of the state's responsibility to safeguard and advance so-called ancestral knowledges, this research undertakes an in-depth analysis of the state's adoption of historically marginalized knowledge during the tenure of Rafael Correa's government (2007-2017). Furthermore, it explores the efforts of peoples and nationalities organizations to pursue epistemic justice within the context of struggles for social change, decolonization, and self-determination. Drawing upon a wealth of empirical evidence, the analysis delves into state discourses and practices governing ancestral knowledges within the framework of the government's Knowledge Society project. It also highlights the challenges faced by leaders of peoples and nationalities organizations in their quest for the decolonization of knowledge. This monograph holds significant appeal to scholars and researchers interested in the dynamics between peoples and nationalities and Latin American states, politics of recognition and collective rights, the workings of purportedly post-neoliberal governments, the potentialities and limitations for alternative development models, the struggles of peoples and nationalities organizations for epistemic decolonization, as well as ongoing re-conceptualizations of cosmopolitanisms in the face of knowledge coloniality reconfigurations and being.

Weight: 520g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032191607