Women, Decolonialities and Resistances: encounters, conversations and reflections

Abstract

This text seeks to raise questions about the possible traces of coloniality in the lives of women in some specific Central American spaces: the communities participating in the project Education, Spiritualities and Resistance: Towards Pedagogies of Hope. From a methodological option that favors a reflection nourished by the voice of women from communities in resistance in conversation with the voice of academic women, we propose paths toward a feminist decoloniality, valuing the resistance and decolonial spiritualities that are born and develop in Central American communities. Academically, this conversation was nourished by a feminine and feminist perspective from the ethics of care (Silvia Elena Guzmán and Sharon López), the economy (Corina Rodríguez), decolonial processes (Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui), theology (Silvia Regina de Lima Silva), and from a particular epistemic and pedagogical view of women (Lorena González). The experience and everyday life of women who organize for resistance in Central America generate hope and challenge the academy to strengthen and/or recover pertinence, social relevance and credibility. The relevance of this work lies in establishing a bridge of dialogue between ancestral memory and the experiences of women in their communities, with a feminist academic reflection.