Publication: The Cosmovision of the Yucatec Maya: the Motive Power for Resistance and Resilience
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2024-10-17
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Marchetti, Roseanna Kateri. 2024. The Cosmovision of the Yucatec Maya: the Motive Power for Resistance and Resilience. Master's thesis, Harvard University Division of Continuing Education.
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The Cosmovision of the Yucatec Maya is as old as their civilization. Since the
arrival of the Spanish and through three centuries of colonialism and conflict, the political
maneuverings of Mexican Independence and Revolution, and the incursion of modernity
and globalism, their worldview has encouraged and sustained response to continuous and
overwhelming change. To understand its endurance and adaptability, it is necessary to
accept a way of knowing that identifies and affirms an essential interaction between
humans, nature, and the supernatural world. This paper uses this Mayalogue framework
of Victor Montejo and other Indigenous Knowledge Systems to evaluate key historical
events and ideologies and amplify our understanding of the adaptive response of the
Yucatec Maya.
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Maya Cosmovision, Victor Montejo, Yucatec Maya, Indigenous studies
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