The fundamental right to claim ownership of one's ideas and creative work, especially for those historically denied recognition across cultural boundaries.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz fought fiercely to defend her intellectual property and creative autonomy despite institutional pressure to silence her. This concept examines how naming oneself as a creator—asserting authorship of one's thoughts, art, and scholarship—becomes an act of identity assertion. Across cultures, individuals face erasure when their intellectual contributions are attributed to others or absorbed into dominant frameworks. Sor Juana's legacy demonstrates that claiming authorship is not mere vanity but a justice issue: it establishes who gets to define knowledge, who receives credit, and whose voice carries authority. In multicultural contexts, this right protects against cultural appropriation and intellectual colonization, enabling people to maintain dignity through recognized intellectual presence.
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