My family immigrated from Ecuador and my parents want to maintain sumak kawsay practices at home while my siblings and I feel torn between honoring our heritage and fitting into American individualism, and Sunday dinners have become tense because no one wants to hurt feelings but we all experience buen vivir differently.
More people experience this than they realize.
A family is caught between preserving ancestral ways of living and adapting to a culture that fundamentally contradicts those values.
“Where Are You with Buen Vivir — Latin American indigenous worldview and technology?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.