My roommates and I want to create a household based on buen vivir principles but we're struggling because two of us are indigenous and understand this as ancestral practice while the other two are well-meaning settlers who approach it more as lifestyle choice, and the power dynamics are getting uncomfortable.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group attempting to live according to indigenous principles must address the fundamental difference between cultural inheritance and cultural adoption.
“Where Are You with Buen Vivir — Latin American indigenous worldview and technology?”
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