¡Piyali mochitin! (Greetings to all!)
The name i use in the land of hypertext is Jacio, and i am 1st-generation usamerican-born Mexican diaspora. My father was born in Guanajuato, my mother was born in Michoacan. Most other generational knowledge which one should normally be imbued with has been lost in my case, due to colonialism and cultural genocide. I extend solidarity to fellow Xicanas who are in similar positions.
From my perspective, it has become evident that a post-modern, post-european philosophy - when developed without consideration towards global indigenous viewpoints - has been leading the world toward ruin. Therefore, i have started the personal process of de-colonizing the information present in my mind. I've begun this process over the past few years by studying the different kinds of indigenous knowledge belonging to the cultures of Mesoamerica (Anawak), North America (Turtle Island), and South America (Abya Yala), and internalizing them to conceive of an "alter-modern" worldview [1]. I've primarily focused my attention on the knowledge of Anawakah societies, due to my ancestry.
I want to use this blog to become more educated through the community which already exists here, to share some of my newfound knowledge with others, and to post random musings that i hope will be as fascinating to others as they are to me~ c:
{ If you, dear reader, see anything in my blog that you disagree with or want clarification on: my askbox is open!
I'm willing to admit when i'm wrong, and also willing to admit when i haven't phrased things clearly enough! I want to foster a sense of community learning and open communication with all who are genuinely curious~<3 }
[1. I personally consider an "Alter-modern Philosophy" to be a framework which accepts the empirically-derived body-of-knowledge which has resulted from the time periods of European "Scientific Revolution"/"Enlightenment"/"Modernity", but which rejects the current reality of neocolonialism-through-capitalism as some kind of 'natural endpoint' for (post-)modernity.
I believe that syncretism of modernity with both pre-contact and contemporary indigenous worldviews is essential to the creation of alter-modern futures and philosophies which would allow life to flourish upon land that has been ravaged by capitalism's post-modern irreverence. The scientific methods which existed in indigenous cultures have long been misunderstood within colonist-imposed structures. Such methods must supersede the influence of the post-modern sciences which hold nothing in this world as sacred.
This footnote is way too long lmao. TL;DR: Historical Materialism == Good]
