Deconstruction of Man-Nature Relations in Peru: Transformations of Social Upheavals into Harmony-Dialogue From the Ontological Singularity of the Aymara Indigenous People

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/reaa.98105
Keywords: conceptual deconstruction, indigenous movement, manhuman-nature relationship, social-natural relationship, indigenous ontology, Aymara culture

Abstract

The episodes of social upheaval against the Peruvian government and congress recorded between 2022-2023, with violent clashes between citizens and police-military forces, are unprecedented. Reasons for political crisis or structural social problems are insufficient to justify these events. The most turbulent moments have been led by the Aymara indigenous people, raising respect for their territories, nature and indigenous condition. The article, through a deep linguistic and content analysis, highlights that for the Aymara indigenous ontology the man-nature relationship is inalienable, integrating into intersubjective coexistence as beings with a sense of existence, whose core is constituted by balance, relationality and full harmony between humans and non-humans. Ignoring this unique perspective of life and thought can provoke unpredictable reactions. The novelty lies in reconciling antagonistic ontologies, reexamining the conceptual-theoretical structures between the social and natural, constructing new legal and cognitive foundations and restoring the denied Being of both man and nature: from an object susceptible to extraction to a subject with rights.

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Saúl Bermejo Paredes, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano

Doctor en Educación, Magíster en Lingüística Andina, docente investigador RENACYT Nivel IV certificado por el Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica CONCYTEC del Perú, docente principal en Ciencias Sociales del pre y posgrado Universidad Nacional del Altiplano Puno, Perú. Expositor nacional e internacional. Revisor Certificado Web of Science (Academia Publons). Publicación de artículos científicos.

Yanet Amanda Maquera Maquera, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano

Doctora en Educación, Magíster en Educación Bilingüe Intercultural. Docente del pre y posgrado Universidad Nacional del Altiplano. Docente investigador RENACYT, Nivel IV, certificado por el Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica CONCYTEC del Perú. Expositor nacional e internacional. Publicación de artículos científicos.

Saul Alejandro Bermejo Maquera, Universidad Católica San Pablo de Arequipa

Estudiante culminando la Carrera de Derecho, Universidad Católica San Pablo de Arequipa-Perú, destaca en la actividad académica y desarrollo de capacidades en investigación formativa. Expositor en eventos académico-científicos.

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Published
2025-03-20
How to Cite
Bermejo Paredes S., Maquera Maquera Y. A. y Bermejo Maquera S. A. (2025). Deconstruction of Man-Nature Relations in Peru: Transformations of Social Upheavals into Harmony-Dialogue From the Ontological Singularity of the Aymara Indigenous People. Revista Española de Antropología Americana, 55(1), 69-80. https://doi.org/10.5209/reaa.98105
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Vol. 55 No. 1 (2025)
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