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Southern Epistemologies
Co-edited by Emanuele Fabiano and a team of interdisciplinary scholars, this groundbreaking volume investigates how knowledge, wisdom, and understanding are dynamically shaped by local cultures, languages, bodies, and environments within the indigenous societies of the Andes and Western Amazon. Bringing together linguists, philosophers, anthropologists, and Indigenous knowledge holders, the text explores rich cultural contexts—ranging from Cofán shamanic epistemology and Siona dream narratives to Quechua evidentiality—to challenge the conventional, eurocentric concepts of knowledge dominated by the Global North. By interpreting South American indigenous worldviews on their own terms, the book opens vital cross-cultural conversations, decenters the traditional academic canon, and fundamentally expands our collective comprehension of what it truly means to know
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