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Journey: Understanding realities
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Design.
2022 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master of Fine Arts (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis [Artistic work]
Sustainable development
SDG 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss, SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Alternative title
Indigenous Harakbut community and mining relationship in a western dominant culture. (English)
Abstract [en]

The indigenous ontology has been differentiated from the western one by having a close relationship between humans and non-humans, and by not exerting human supremacy against the rest of the living beings. Nevertheless, throughout the periods of colonization and western influence to which they have been subjected, the notion of human supremacy and the fracture between humans and all beings have been reinforced. These relationships have been altered, perhaps forgotten, due to the aspiration to follow economic models of progress based on extractive activities such as mining that not only affects their territories but also the loss of their culture and identity causing serious socio-environmental problems. 

In order to deepen these relationships, raise awareness and understanding the changes that vulnerable populations have to face in a dominant system, this work studies the Harakbut indigenous community of Puerto Luz, in the Madre de Dios region of Peru, and relates a design field in the form of journey which involves research and analysis with stages of knowing and non-knowing from the social science and humanities perspective. Through the anthropological framework, the indigenous and western ontological postulates are understood allowing the development of a creative writing and the correspondence between an interaction of ethnography with the production of new knowledge realities that allow for the verification of the changes this indigenous society, influenced by western dominant power, experiences. This somewhat decolonizing design process gives on to the understanding of new knowledge and challenges that address realities outside Western spheres to generate awareness and change.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 94
Keywords [en]
Indigenous, Western, ontology, mining, development, dominant power, journey, re-telling stories.
National Category
Humanities and the Arts Design
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-116322OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-116322DiVA, id: diva2:1696631
External cooperation
Harakbut Community, Puerto Luz, Madre de Dios, Peru
Subject / course
Design
Educational program
Design, Master Programme, 120 credits
Presentation
2022-05-25, Vejdes väg, Växjö, 10:00 (English)
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Available from: 2022-09-19 Created: 2022-09-19 Last updated: 2022-09-19Bibliographically approved

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