May 14th, 2009

The upcoming decolonial and communal pluri-versity

In two of my previous postings I argued for the need of specific type of transformations in the philosophy of education within the existing system and history of the university; history that I have outlined elsewhere. Within the existing system research toward non-capitalist economies shall be encourage as well as research that unveils the devastating consequences of “economic growth” and the expenses of “social (an natural) death”, to borrow Orlando Paterson’s well known expression.

But there is another trajectory (or perhaps trajectories) unfolding beyond the university system, acting and thinking a philosophy of education geared toward the communal. It is indeed a de colonial philosophy that nourishes Amawtay Wasi in Quito; and UniTierra in San Cristobal de las Casas and y en in Oaxaca.

I wonder if similar initiatives started or are planning to start in Sub-Saharan Africa, East and South East Asia, Central Asia or in the Middle East? Initiatives as the one i listed here are engaged in epistemic de-linking, building indeed de-colonial visions of the future.

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  • March 3rd, 2009
  • § Ramon H. Quintero says:

The case for a decolonial global system, the system must be egalitarian and holistic in its approach. We have seen socialism fail and we have seen capitalism succed in its self aflicted destruction. The future belongs to a system that can unite humanity in its diferences for the good of all of us that live on planet Earth. Our unit of analisis must not be limited to a region or a member of the inter state system. The case for a decolonial global system can be achieve by creating first the language. Furthermore, we must be brave and take the battle to the institutions of status quo. Those that say that there is no future with out capitalism. Have been proven wrong over and over again by people like Aime Cesare that gave us an example of courage and self sacrifice in his philosophy, and Fenon that gave us an example of intectual courage. Hasta la victoria siempre.

Sólo un precisión: lo de “Wall Street” viene porque esa famosa calle era denominada “la calle del muro”, no porque se llame “calle Muro”.
Interesante artículo pero considero que definitivamente no significa para nada la caída del capitalismo, al contrario, las grandes potencias han vuelto a aplicar el famoso “keynesianismo” para salvar sus economías, incorporando nuevas reglas y regulaciones más estrictas pero sin dejar a un lado el concepto capitalista con el que mueven esas economías. Lo del socialismo sí fue una caída mortal y el famoso “socialismo del siglo XXI” no es más que el capitalismo disfrazado.

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