Interculturalidad crítica y decolonialidad epistémica. Propuestas desde el pensamiento latinoamericano para un diálogo simétrico

Abstract

In the present work it is upheld as a normative assessment that every intercultural dialogue must be symmetrical. For this purpose to be sustained, an epistemic decolonization, a break with Eurocentrism and a recognition of the huge and diverse cultural kaleidoscope existing in de Global South, are all necessary. By means of the proposals formulated by Fornet-Betancour, Walsh and Tubino a simultaneous enquiry is made into cross-cultural critical models and LatinAmerican emancipator thought. The proposed conclusion is that for any dialogue to be symmetrical, this one has to fulfil the following three conditions. On the one hand, it has to take into account the influence that numerous conditions of domination and dependence exercise over it. On the other hand, it has to be open-minded to the cultural and epistemic diversity of others participating in the dialogue. And, finally, decolonial and critical Latin-American thinking has to make its own self-criticism.