Aymara and Mapuche coexistence or the confirmation of collective welfare

The indigenous-mestizo worlds of South America show sensibilities open to matrix relations (H. Maturana), shaping authentic community. These aspects go beyond the strictly particular and promote symbolic links between human experience and each of the beings and elements of the environment. Within this framework, the book analyzes the following cultural traits based on fifteen testimonies of Aymara and Mapuche representatives/ascendants: trust as a group experience, the image of the earth as a living force, the protective encounter with each of the beings and elements that constitute it, the community in permanent ritual link with the tutelary spirits and with the diversity of elements that coexist. Secondly, it demonstrates how the social meanings discussed in the previous point correspond to linguistic structures that enhance the integration relations between speaker and referred context. It is concluded that both aspects of the analysis give foundation to the daily world of its inhabitants, to the spaces where they congregate and to the times that relate their historical experiences in order to build collective welfare.