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Objective: this review article suggests a state of the art approach to the philosophical, ethical, and phenomenological conception of the Sumak Kawsay concept in Kichwa Ecuadorian language in order to shed light on the dark areas in the contemporary discussion of the said concept. Method: a qualitative content analysis was carried out to group and systematize roughly 120 academic articles, book chapters, master's theses, and doctoral theses on the Sumak Kawsay concept from 2008 to 2018. Results: seven macro ways to interpret the Sumak Kawsay concept were identified, namely: a) as a way of life; b) as a post utopia; c) as an input of the Good-Living; d) as a neoextractivisim experiment; e) as an Andean Philosophy issue; f) as a political discursive construction; and g) as a decolonial device. Conclusions: the Sumak Kawsay concept has positioned itself in the national and international intelligentsia discourse as well as in the Ecuadorian Indigenous Movement discourse; particularly as a political, cultural, and decolonial project that can and must be achieved. The Sumak Kawsay interpretation as a way of life and is perhaps the most important one since it connects the Westernist interpretations with the ones of the culturalism style. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article analyzes the way food is used as an element of social cohesion and mobilization in rejection of the implementation of a shale gas extraction project in the municipality of Guasca, through the technique of fracking. In this case, a local organization called "Mountain Fortitude Community Association" uses the communitarian initiative (soup for all) not only as an element to mitigate hunger, but also as a means of visibility to the various conflicts that may arise from the development of an extractive practice. This way, positions in favor of the protection of food and territory and voices against it can be evidenced. This allows demonstrating that food is closely related to economic, cultural and political aspects of a given context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article we show the theoretical-regulatory basis of Good Living, understood as a transformation proposal of Latin American socioeconomic systems that aims to overcome the problems of bad development (alienation, inequality and unsustainability). So to achieve the objectives of identity, equity and sustainability, we propose a political strategy of the creation of a plurinational, post-capitalist and biocentric society.

This paper aims to critically analyze the relevance of ethnography as an alternative work for degree qualification, which is referred to in the Regulation of the Academic Regime 2013, issued by the Higher Education Council, CES. The selection of ethnography as a method of research work will enable students to strengthen the research skills and develop their skills in real contexts of community service. The proposal has been preceded by experiences of qualitative research that were conducted in Institutional Academic Projects in vulnerable sectors of Milagro city, Ecuador, in 2012 and 2013. In that draft some techniques were applied such as participant observation, informal interview, and document analysis, these techniques go hand in hand with ethnography. The main purpose was to establish the causes of the low participation of people and their level of involvement in the educational process of their children, linked to a need to influence the improvement of the educational quality and quality of life. With research expertise and knowledge of the legal framework, it is expected to demonstrate the feasibility of intervention ethnography in socio-educational problems and the possible use as an alternative for Degree qualification in Education

In the text I intend to trace the outlines of the thought of the indigenous peoples organizations in Latin America in the last 40 years, who began the elaboration of demands for respect and support for the national states and today propose higher levels of self-management, autonomy, struggle for life and Mother Earth. Simultaneously and often in dialogue with the people mentioned, the main proposals of critical thinking in the anthropological, social and related fields, on the development, alternative development, and post-development sciences. Based on readings and interpretations of various texts on both subjects, personal experience in academic research and supporting local initiatives in Mexico and other countries, as well as the analysis of the processes of the past 10 years, some ways are proposed to continue the critical and reflective dialogue.

This article proposes to replenish the multidimensional and multi-scale character of the ecological issue embodied in the “good living” proposals of Ecuador and Bolivia by focusing on three aspects: i) the multiple meanings of nature that coexist in the regulations and national plans of both countries; ii) the statement about the interdependence and complementarity of the rights of nature relative to individual and collective rights, and iii) the circulation of these proposals from Latin America’s Andean region in the global arena.

The Amazon, that huge South American territory which accommodates two main dichotomies, abundance and violence, is permanently struggling between life and death. For a long time the immense Amazon rainforest was seen as a reserve of natural resources where the capital would go shopping as it pleased. The very complexity of this territory requires new perspectives and alternative proposals to prevent its potential devastation. This territory has a life of its own and generates new knowledge; the very same knowledge the Western model is trying to silence, which also explains why it has become a territory of resistance. It is a matter of urgency to think about global alternatives and, above all, places for the different problems before it is too late. Comprehensive answers are needed to move towards good living or sumak kawsay, and to enable us to consider a post-extractive and post-capitalist society. Decommodifying the Amazon is the pressing challenge.

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Highlights • Rural and urban villages differed in the factors that influence people life satisfaction. • A rural–urban gradient was found regarding how people perceive the importance of ecosystems services. • Perception of local ecological knowledge and Kichwa language explained the rural–urban duality. • Expansion of urban lifestyles is altering the Kichwa worldview of human-nature relationships. Abstract Understanding sociocultural perceptions about human-nature relationships is essential to promote collective responses for sustainable ecosystem management. This study explores the sociocultural factors that influence subjective well-being (measured by life satisfaction) and how ecosystem services are perceived in an area inhabited by the Kichwa people, for whom the ancient notion of Good Living (Sumak Kawsay) is active. We carried out 482 surveys in five villages along a rural–urban gradient in the province of Imbabura (Ecuador). Rural and urban people differed in their subjective valuations of well-being components and the sociocultural factors that most influence life satisfaction. We also detected changes along the rural–urban gradient regarding how these sociocultural and subjective well-being factors explain the degree of importance that local people attribute to different ecosystems services provided by high Andean ecosystems. Formal education, the perception of local ecological knowledge, and the use of the Kichwa language were identified as important sociocultural factors that explain the observed differences. Finally, we discuss the risks of the ongoing expansion of urban lifestyles for the conservation of Andean social-ecological systems, highlighting the importance of maintaining traditional practices and beliefs associated with the Kichwa culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In 2008, Ecuador reformed its Constitution after a prolonged period of economic, social and political crises. The momentary rupturing of power structures, that had limited political participation to small clusters of elites, opened participatory spaces for historically marginalised social groups to engage in the process of constitutional drafting. As a result of this unprecedented political shift in participation and inclusiveness, alternative notions of cultural, social and economic rights surfaced. This progressive constitutionalism is thus a novel attempt at overcoming legal formalism in favour of a Living Law , a law that embraces the contextual settings where it will be applied by scrutinising the historic power structures that have moulded it. Good Living as a legal principle underlines the enactment of a Living Law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Medellin is one of the cities, which annually reports one of the highest indicators of concentration of wealth in the world. This means that poverty is a factor that has an impact on people's lives, which in large part it could explain the problems of exclusion and violence. A look from the anthropology of poverty allows to recognize the contributions of social movements, which from different perspectives have been developed and which have generated critical and emancipatory alternatives. This paper aims to make an anthropological look at poverty in Medellin by taking into account some contributions of the Franciscan thought and social experiences, which have influenced good living. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Domestic violence is an issue of primordial importance for indigenous women in Mexico. Organized indigenous women seek to promote gender equity in the broader framework of respect for their culture, despite traditions and customs that are pervaded with gender hierarchy. This article presents elements for reflecting on this issue based on the analysis of people's relation to maize in a Nahua community of the State of Guerrero, Mexico. Using three traditional narratives, it shows how maize -which is considered a feminine member of the House (in the Levi-Straussian sense)- embodies fundamental values of non-violence towards women. Since maize is at the very basis of economic and familial life, its highlypositive "differential value" (in the sense of Héritier) has a transformative potential that can be used creatively in the struggle against gendered violence. This potential is analyzed here through such indigenous concepts as gender complementarity and Good Living, with special attention given to women's voices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In 2008, Ecuador reformed its Constitution after a prolonged period of economic, social and political crises. The momentary rupturing of power structures, that had limited political participation to small clusters of elites, opened participatory spaces for historically marginalised social groups to engage in the process of constitutional drafting. As a result of this unprecedented political shift in participation and inclusiveness, alternative notions of cultural, social and economic rights surfaced. This progressive constitutionalism is thus a novel attempt at overcoming legal formalism in favour of a Living Law, a law that embraces the contextual settings where it will be applied by scrutinising the historic power structures that have moulded it. Good Living as a legal principle underlines the enactment of a Living Law.

Grey spring or spring without flowers, without colours ¿due to the massive disparition of bees and with them the key action to pollination¿ is a reflection on the necessity and urgency to manage environmentally the world. Precisely on this subject our vital and beloved professor Demetrio Loperena Rota used to stand out, whose memory and good work help to straighten out the environmental governance. This work, after explaining the importance of ecosistemic services of pollination that are mainly carried out by bees and the causes of its deterioration, proposes solutions to deal with the so alarming lost of biodiversity. The proposal to respond to the challege of the crisis of biodiversity sets limits to the expansion of the economic sphere albeit as a conservationist strategy, by means of a renewed colective regulaton on the uses of territories and their ecosistemic services, predicting a good life for all of them.

Este trabajo examina el concepto de vivir bien-buen vivir ponderando sus contribuciones y limitaciones. Esta cosmovisión tiene un horizonte normativo más ambicioso que el paradigma del desarrollo, pues apuesta por una concepción de la pobreza y la riqueza que no se reduce a la acumulación de bienes materiales, una economía que comprende sus efectos sobre la naturaleza y se centra en la satisfacción de necesidades, y una descolonización de los saberes. No obstante, se caracteriza por un déficit de operacionalización que se manifiesta en la dificultad para definir políticas concretas e indicadores de medición precisos.******This article examines the concept of live well-good living, by analyzing its contributions and limitations. This worldview has a normative horizon more ambitious than the development paradigm, as it wagers for a poverty and wealth conception that is not limited to the accumulation of material goods, but it is an economy aware of its effects on nature and the satisfaction of needs and the decolonizing of knowledge. Nevertheless, it is characterized by an operationalization deficit that is shown through the difficulty to establish specific policies and accurate indicators of measurement.

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