Burn The Ancient Flints Bright: Proving a Unique Colonialism in the Andean Region
2021/2022 Submission
Abstract
Drawing on the works of Latin American intellectuals such as Pablo Neruda, Ernesto Guevara, and Jose Carlos Mariátegui, this paper explores the limitations of the commonly used academic definitions of ‘settler’ and ‘exploitative’ colonialisms. The Andean region is used as an example of an area that cannot be easily categorized into those labels due to its unique geographic location, the population demographics that emerged shortly after the initial Conquest, the nature of Indigenous participation in the new society, and the motivations of the Spanish colonial forces. The impacts of these unique factors on the modern Andes are used as a proof of why it is important to question Eurocentric definitions of subaltern experiences.
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