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DESCRIPTION:Pachamamismo\, or the Fictions of (the Absence of) Voice Pacham
 amismo is a term derived from the Andean deity known as the Pachamama\, br
 oadly known as Mother Earth. The -ismo added to the pachamama manifests a 
 philosophy\, a political agenda\, a pedagogical program\, an aesthetic\, a
 nd a legal framework that defines nonwestern approaches for reflecting on 
 the intersection of nature and culture. It may be considered as a form of 
 primitivism in that it offers an alternative to rationalist thought. Pacha
 mamismo has turned into a career in the context of the plurinational state
  of Bolivia. But it is also a career for those who make of saving and cari
 ng for Mother Earth a component of tourist enterprises. Shamans and interc
 ultural intellectuals carve niches in the state bureaucracies and their to
 uristic counterparts. Often tourism and bureaucracy go hand in hand. Laws 
 protect the pachamama and festivities are recognized in purified forms as 
 patrimonies of the nation. Pachamamismo sublimates and essentializes indig
 enous forms of life into Andean philosophies and practices of inter-cultur
 al communication. Pachamamismo\, beyond the specific forms it assumes in t
 he Andes\, manifests the tendency to disqualify all categories and forms o
 f thought that have a western source. In the person of Evo Morales\, the c
 urrent presidents of Bolivia\, pachamamismo has become a global cry for sa
 ving the earth from capitalist plunder. The spiritual leader of the globe\
 , however\, has no qualms destroying native Amazonian cultures in the name
  of an Amazonic capitalism. As an ideology pachamamismo carries a contradi
 ction that destroys the same forms it seeks to preserve. Professor Rabasa 
 is Long Term Visiting Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Ha
 rvard University. His publications include Without History: Subaltern Stud
 ies\, the Zapatista Insurgency\, and the Specter of History (2010) and Wri
 ting Violence on the Northern Frontier: The historiography of Sixteenth-Ce
 ntury New Mexico and Florida and the Legacy of Conquest (2000)\; he is co-
 editor of Subaltern Studies in the Americas\, special issue of Disposition
  (1996). 
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SUMMARY:PLACA presents: José Rabasa
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Pachamamismo\, or the Fictions of (the Absence
  of) Voice Pachamamismo is a term derived from the Andean deity known as t
 he Pachamama\, broadly known as Mother Earth. The -ismo added to the pacha
 mama manifests a philosophy\, a political agenda\, a pedagogical program\,
  an aesthetic\, and a legal framework that defines nonwestern approaches f
 or reflecting on the intersection of nature and culture. It may be conside
 red as a form of primitivism in that it offers an alternative to rationali
 st thought. Pachamamismo has turned into a career in the context of the pl
 urinational state of Bolivia. But it is also a career for those who make o
 f saving and caring for Mother Earth a component of tourist enterprises. S
 hamans and intercultural intellectuals carve niches in the state bureaucra
 cies and their touristic counterparts. Often tourism and bureaucracy go ha
 nd in hand. Laws protect the pachamama and festivities are recognized in p
 urified forms as patrimonies of the nation. Pachamamismo sublimates and es
 sentializes indigenous forms of life into Andean philosophies and practice
 s of inter-cultural communication. Pachamamismo\, beyond the specific form
 s it assumes in the Andes\, manifests the tendency to disqualify all categ
 ories and forms of thought that have a western source. In the person of Ev
 o Morales\, the current presidents of Bolivia\, pachamamismo has become a 
 global cry for saving the earth from capitalist plunder. The spiritual lea
 der of the globe\, however\, has no qualms destroying native Amazonian cul
 tures in the name of an Amazonic capitalism. As an ideology pachamamismo c
 arries a contradiction that destroys the same forms it seeks to preserve. 
 Professor Rabasa is Long Term Visiting Professor of Romance Languages and 
 Literatures at Harvard University. His publications include Without Histor
 y: Subaltern Studies\, the Zapatista Insurgency\, and the Specter of Histo
 ry (2010) and Writing Violence on the Northern Frontier: The historiograph
 y of Sixteenth-Century New Mexico and Florida and the Legacy of Conquest (
 2000)\; he is co-editor of Subaltern Studies in the Americas\, special iss
 ue of Disposition (1996). 
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