Open AccessNeokolonializm i buen vivir w kontekście gwatemalskim
Author(s) -
Paweł Wiechetek
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ameryka łacińska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2081-1152
pISSN - 1506-8900
DOI - 10.7311/20811152.2020.108.02
Subject(s) - oligarchy , narrative , consolidation (business) , context (archaeology) , power (physics) , maya , population , sociology , perspective (graphical) , negotiation , political science , gender studies , epistemology , geography , social science , literature , philosophy , art , democracy , economics , law , demography , archaeology , politics , physics , accounting , quantum mechanics , visual arts
In the context of modern Guatemala, the article analyzes the process of evolution and consolidation of the neocolonial model of the “banana republic,” as well as bottom-up attempts to build a counter-narrative and alternative development concept (buenvivir) from a postcolonial and transmodernist perspective. The author focuses on identification and description of divergences in the ways of discursive construction of reality by the Guatemalan oligarchy and the Maya population in areas designated for large investment projects. To this end, a comparative analysis of the discourse and practices of both sides of the conflict is carried out with respect to categories such as “power”, “territory” and “development.”