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From the decolonial theory, the indigenous economies, are part of the other/other economies, are part of the economies that take care of nature, establish other patterns of human relations with circularity, respect:; besides it involves this type of economy the communality, the environmental dimension, family and the education as practice of decolonization, of humanization.
This type of economy is part of the post-colonial studies, because it establishes patterns of analyzing alternative economies that can reestablish links of respect to nature, as bets of resilience in the middle of the climate change, key to change of economy in the middle of the climate change, diverse authors emphasize it; Arturo Escobar, Aram Ziai.
The purpose of this research is to present the urgency of listening to indigenous epistemologies of Sumak Kawsay (in kichwa language: Buen vivir-Buen vivir) and also to accompany the care/defense of the biodiversity-rich indigenous territories of the Andean region. As a research question: What characteristics do the economies have from the philosophy of the Alli kawsay - Buen vivir as successful experiences of economic redistribution and its contributions to the global economy in the middle of the anthropocene to safeguard life on the planet?
At present, the strengthening of green economy strategies, a fairer economy, sustainable with nature and with the capacity to be a model in the distribution of wealth, stands out. In practice, it recognizes minga, (community work), inclusive development, development in respect for nature of importance in the midst of the manifestations of climate change.
Buen vivir-alli Kawsay (In kichwa indigenous language), is part of the epistemology of resistance, which in the practice of indigenous communities implies addressing the dimension/interrelationship: spiritual dimension, economic dimension (clean practices-sustainable economies), political dimension (defense of the territory) ancestral, family dimension, cultural, environmental.
This model is a more just way of distributing wealth and income, which is part of the economies of resistance.
This ethnographic research has been carried in the last 7 years, in Republics of Colombia and Ecuador, in Indigenous Regional Council of Cauca CRIC, and The Indigenous Confederation of Ecuador CONAIE. Theoretical references: epistemology of indigenous communities, indigenous intellectuals.
