Jene nete, the world of waters in the work of Chonon Bensho: the complemtation of ancestral knowledge and modernity

Favaron P.; de la Torre J.A.H. · Mitologias Hoy (2023) · DOI: 10.5565/rev/mitologias.965

Resumen

This article proposes to analyze the world of waters in the plastic and poetic work of the shipibo-konibo artist Chonon Bensho in order to understand how ancestral knowledge and hegemonic modernity complement and dialogue in her aesthetic proposal. For this, two paintings and a poem linked to one of them are analysed, and the artist´s testimonies are taken into account. Thus, the process of re-signification of knowledge and the possibilities for conceiving a modernity that coexists with indigenous knowledge is addressed.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú