Tag: pluriverse

Deconstructing the coloniality of peace through the eyes of the Indigenous Shuar community unveils the power relations often inherent in theories of peace and spaces for peace. Western-centric definitions allow states to determine who can experience peace and who cannot—narrowly defining it through the absence of violence holds up a curtain over other more invisible or ‘slow violence’ that occurs over time, through systematic oppression and degradations to all forms of life (both human and the more-than-human).