Aspects of the Madre Ñame dialogism in the wounaan-nonam indigenous culture

This article reflects on modes of articulation in I-other-world relationships emerged in dialogues encompassing the mythical imagination of the wounaan-nonam, an indigenous community that lives in the tropical forest region of Colombia's pacific coast. From the perspective of the Semiotic-Cultural Constructivism, the I-other-world relationships is a symbolic interplay that happens in the preservation and transformation of personal culture and collective culture, in which the other is an opportunity for the I to question and be questioned by the traditional culture. The construction of personal culture - the basis for all human conduct - is a unique process according to each a person creates meaningful relations in a system of myths that emerges in a dynamics of oppositions, allowing openings and closings in the process of generation of new myths in the collective culture. In this article, the articulation of the I-other-world relationship emerges from the dialogical analysis of the Madre Ñame myth.R ésumé: Cet article réfléchit sur les manières d'articuler les relations je-autre-monde qui émergent dans des dialogues enveloppant l'imaginaire mythique de la culture wounaan-nonam, c'est-à-dire d'une communauté qui vit dans la région de la forêt tropicale do Pacifique colombienne. À part ir de la perspective du Constructivisme Sémiotique-Cultural en Psychologie, la relation je-autre-monde est produit dans la conservation et transformation des cultures personnel et co...

Source: Psicologia USP - August 25, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research