LA “OTRA NORMALIDAD” ES VOLVER AL TERRITORIO: LA VIVENCIA DEL PUEBLO SHUAR EN EL CANTÓN AMAZÓNICO DE MÉNDEZ

The research aims to delve into the characteristics of local good living practices, particularly the Amazonian Shuar community in Méndez Ecuador. Shuar native people comprehend the good living through the notion of Tarimiat Pujustin rooted in their cosmovision. This research applied participatory methodologies to build concepts and notions of good living from an emic perspective. Therefore, besides discourse analysis, I carried out participative workshops to collect, validate, and contrast the information. The outcomes highlight that the recovery and sovereignty of the territory as spaces where its identity is located and reproduced as well as the decolonization of its current way of life, are two strong drivers to build a new reality beyond the limits of the capitalist development model.