Defenses of Body-Territory of camëntšá Women, Colombia: Aesthetic-Political Actions and Convivial Proposals

Abstract

In Colombia, Indigenous women make visible the various inequalities that affect their body-territory, using aesthetic  representations to make their demands and position their life proposals. We focus on the processes led by camëntšá women, with whom we had three virtual and face-to-face meetings (2021 and 2022). The text presents a discussion about the conceptual debates of the aesthetic representations and media practices of camëntšá women. Likewise, we contextualize their political actions that seek to open new paths against gender inequalities, the healing of violence on body-territory, and memories for permanence. Finally, we present some reflections on the scope of the political-aesthetic actions of Indigenous women around proposals for conviviality among humans-non-humans.