Decolonial Futures for Amazonian and Andean Anthropologies

Foreword: The Predicament of Modern Subjectivity and the Liberating Factor of Indigenous Well-Being (An Address Delivered at the Eighth Biennial Meeting of the SAAS, 2024)George MentoreIntroductionIntroducción en traducciónSonia Alconini and Kylie QuaveHuni Kuin Celebrations for Life Proliferation vs. Settler Conservation: Notes to reimagine environmental conservationGiancarlo RolandoThe Castanheira and the Standing Forest: (Re)making meaningfulness through indigenous historical narratives in the southwest AmazonJuliana Salles Machado, Roseline Mezacasa, Carolina Aragon, Myrtle Shock, Natanael Pabikãr Suruí, Lucas Carminati, and André Braga JunqueiraEpistemological Metaphors of the Female Body in the Andean Landscape: The case of the Nasca hyper-arid landscape and its aqueductsSofía Chacaltana CortezIndigenous Archaeology? Experiencing and living the past togetherSonia Alconini, Christian Cancho, and Juan Carlos ChavezCollaborative Praxis in Archaeology: Insights from indigenous territories of the Llanos de MoxosCarla Jaimes BetancourtArchaeology in Brazilian Amazonia: challenges, contradictions, and horizons in the new millenniumBruna Cigaran da RochaConcluding Remarks: Transformational futures for anthropologies of the Amazon and AndesPalabras finales en traducciónKylie Quave and Sonia AlconiniThis volume explores the futures and possibilities of engaged anthropological research for and with indigenous communities. Collectively, the authors, including anthropologists and archaeologists working in the Andes and Amazon, argue that to develop sustainable and more just futures for everyone, it is critical to integrate indigenous forms of knowledge into engaged, multidisciplinary research.The contributions examine the challenges of resource extraction and land dispossession in the Andes and the Amazon, the marginalization of indigenous voices in the reconstruction of their pasts, and the challenges of integrating local knowledge into education initiatives. Ultimately, this collection advocates for decolonial, activist-oriented praxis and research methodologies that center marginalized knowledge systems and more-than-human worlds to challenge enduring colonial legaciesEste volumen explora futuros decoloniales para la investigación antropológica comprometida con comunidades indígenas en los Andes y la Amazonía. Defiende la integración de conocimientos indígenas, metodologías activistas y perspectivas más-que-humanas para confrontar legados coloniales. La introducción y la conclusión se ofrecen también en español, y todos los capítulos incluyen resúmenes en español o en portugués.