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ATATA MEANS RECIPROCITY <br>
AWARENESS. <br>
THE RELATIONSHIP <br>
BETWEEN LIVING NATURE: PLANTS, TERRITORY, ANIMALS AND CULTURES. </span>
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<span> Original Contribution: Natalia Chaves López<a href="#fn1" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref1"><sup>1</sup></a> </span> <br>
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<p><span class="DT">The</span> <span class="NN">purpose</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">following</span> <span class="NN">text</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="JJ">present</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VB">preserve</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">concept</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP">ATATA</span> <span class=":">:</span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">composition</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="CD">two</span> <span class="NNS">ideograms</span> <a class="fig" href="figs/symbols.html"><sup>(fig.1)</sup></a> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Mhuysqa</span> <span class="JJ">dead</span> <span class="NN">language</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">ATATA</span></span> </span> <span class="MD">can</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="VBN">defined</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="NN"></span> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBP">give</span> <span class="PRP">myself</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="PRP">you</span> <span class="VBP">give</span> <span class="PRP">yourself</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VB"></span> <span class="WRB">where</span> <span class="VBG">giving</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="NN">act</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">receiving</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">because</span></span> <span class="WP">what</span> <span class="PRP">you</span> <span class="VBP">do</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="NNS">others</span> <a class="link" href = "../OTHERNESS/"> O</a> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="RB">also</span> <span class="VBG">affecting</span> <span class="PRP">yourself</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">This</span> <span class="NN">exercise</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">reciprocity</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="RB">very</span> <span class="JJ">important</span> <span class="NN">vibration</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">life</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">because</span></span> <span class="NN">nobody</span> <span class="MD">can</span> <span class="VB">live</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">without</span></span> <span class="NNS">others</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="VBZ">includes</span> <span class="DT">all</span> <span class="NN">living</span> <span class="NNS">creatures</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="WP">whom</span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="NN">share</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Earth</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">As</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">Colombian</span> <span class="NN">student</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">ancient</span> <span class="NN">history</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBP">have</span> <span class="VBN">experience</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NN">concept</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="JJ">many</span> <span class="NNS">years</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="VBG">learning</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">about</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">wholesome</span> <span class="NNS">ways</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">living</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">indigenous</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">both</span> <span class="NNP">Colombia</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNP">Mexico</span> <span class=".">.</span></p>
<p> <span class="PRP">It</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="PRP$">my</span> <span class="NNP">PhD</span> <span class="NN">research</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBD">experienced</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBD">looked</span> <span class="RBR">further</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">into</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Mhuysqa</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNP">Mayan</span> <span class="NN">legacy</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">It</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="RB">then</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBD">realized</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">devastating</span> <span class="NN">reality</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="RB">currently</span> <span class="VBG">affecting</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">quality</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">food</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="EX">There</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">systematic</span> <span class="NN">problem</span> <span class="VBN">caused</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">green</span> <span class="NN">revolution</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC"></span></span> <span class=":">;</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">from</span></span> <span class="JJ">radical</span> <span class="NNS">changes</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">local</span> <span class="NNS">ways</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">cultivation</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">use</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNS">inputs</span> <span class="VBN">made</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBN">sold</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="JJ">big</span> <span class="JJ">global</span> <span class="NNS">corporations</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">creating</span> <span class="NN">dependency</span> <span class="RB">as</span> <span class="RB">well</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="VBG">poisoning</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">seeds</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">soil</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">water</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="RB">therefore</span> <span class="PRP$">our</span> <span class="JJ">own</span> <span class="NNS">bodies</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="RB">Meanwhile</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">response</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="JJ"></span> <span class="JJ">undercurrent</span> <span class="NN"></span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBG">developing</span> <span class="RB">everywhere</span> <span class="JJ"></span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">living</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBG">cultivating</span> <span class="VBG">according</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="JJ">new</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">or</span></span> <span class="JJ">past</span> <span class="NNS">principles</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">outside</span></span> <span class="JJ">global</span> <span class="NNS">corporations</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBG">recovering</span> <span class="NN">solidarity</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">hope</span> <a class="link" href = "../HOPE/"> H</a> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">life</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">food</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJ">bio-diversifying</span> <span class="NNS">forms</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="VBG">being</span> <span class=".">.</span>
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<p><span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBP">have</span> <span class="VBN">based</span> <span class="PRP$">my</span> <span class="NNS">writings</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">on</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">perspective</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP"></span> <span class="NNP">Heart´s</span> <span class="NNP">Epistemology.</span> <span class="NNP"></span> <span class="WP">What</span> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBP">mean</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="NN">heart</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">brain</span> <span class="VBP">come</span> <span class="RB">together</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">into</span></span> <span class="PRP$">my</span> <span class="NN">proposal</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="VBG">bringing</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="JJ">light</span> <span class="PRP$">my</span> <span class="NNS">feel-thoughts</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">about</span></span> <span class="WRB">how</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">keep</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">on</span></span> <span class="NN">living</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="WRB">how</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">make</span> <span class="JJ">collective</span> <span class="NNS">decisions</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">about</span></span> <span class="NN">territory</span> <a class="fig" href="figs/symbols.html"><sup>(fig.2)</sup></a> <a class="link" href = "../ECO-SWARAJ/"> E</a><span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="NN">intention</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NN">essay</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">find</span> <span class="PRP">ourselves</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">others</span> <a class="link" href = "../OTHERNESS/"> O</a> <span class="NN">heart</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="NN">heart</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">In</span></span> <span class="NN">fact</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">heart</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">place</span> <span class="WRB">where</span> <span class="PRP">you</span> <span class="VB">keep</span> <span class="NNS">dreams</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">hope</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">joy</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">pain</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBG">according</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">Mayan</span> <span class="NN">culture</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">You</span> <span class="VBP">need</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">have</span> <span class="DT">all</span> <span class="DT">these</span> <span class="JJ">clear</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">know</span> <span class="WP">what</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">kind</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">living</span> <span class="NN">knowledge</span> <span class="PRP">you</span> <span class="VBP">want</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">go</span> <span class="RP">over</span> <span class=".">.</span> <a href="#fn2" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref2"><sup>2</sup></a> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">In</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Mhuysqa´s</span> <span class="NN">worldview</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">human</span> <span class="NN">heart</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBN">named</span> <span class="JJ">*</span> <span class="NN">puyky</span> <span class="NNP">*</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="NN">onomatopoeia</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">heartbeat</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBD">said</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="VBN">connected</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">beating</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">cosmos</span> <span class="PRP">itself</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBG">representing</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">frequency</span> <span class="WRB">where</span> <span class="CD">one</span> <span class="MD">can</span> <span class="VB">find</span> <span class="NNS">answers</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">path</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="VBG">protecting</span> <span class="NN">life</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="NNS">questions</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NN">essay</span> <span class="VBZ">aims</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">answer</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class=":">:</span> <span class="WRB">How</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">feel-think</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">future</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">food</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">water</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">from</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">perspective</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">reciprocity</span> <span class=".">?</span> <span class="WRB">Why</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="NNP">ATATA</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">fruitful</span> <span class="NN">principle</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">future</span> <span class="NN">survival</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">human</span> <span class="NN">kind</span> <span class=".">?</span> </p>
<p><span class="NNP">Mhuysqas</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="JJ">ancient</span> <span class="JJ">indigenous</span> <span class="NN">culture</span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="VBP">live</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NNP">Cundinamarca</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNP">Boyacá</span> <span class="NNS">regions</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP">Colombia</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">They</span> <span class="VBD">lost</span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="NN">language</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">eighteenth</span> <span class="NN">century</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="VBD">consisted</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">compact</span> <span class="NNS">ideograms</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">hieroglyphics</span> <span class="VBG">representing</span> <span class="JJ">complex</span> <span class="NNS">ideas</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">about</span></span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="NN">understanding</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">nature</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">Today</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Mhuysqas</span> <span class="NN">speak</span> <span class="NNP">Spanish</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">because</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">persecution</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">since</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">colonial</span> <span class="NN">period</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">banning</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="NN">language</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">but</span></span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBD">kept</span> <span class="DT">some</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="JJ">ancestral</span> <span class="NNS">ways</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">living</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBP">have</span> <span class="VBN">studied</span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="NN">language</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBN">named</span> <span class="NNP">Mhuysqhubun</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBP">propose</span> <span class="RB">here</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">bring</span> <span class="RB">back</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="NN">life</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP"></span> <span class="JJ">dead</span> <span class="NNP"></span> <span class="NN">word</span> <span class="NNP">ATATA</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">so</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="RB">not</span> <span class="VBN">forgotten</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="NNP">ATATA</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">palindrome</span> <span class="NN">unity</span> <span class="VBN">made</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="CD">two</span> <span class="NNS">ideograms</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">hieroglyphics</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">moon</span> <span class="NN">calendar</span> <span class=":">:</span> <span class="NNP">Ata</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNP">Ta</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="NNP">Mariana</span> <span class="NNP">Escribano</span> <span class=",">,</span> <a href="#fn3" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref3"><sup>3</sup></a> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">linguist</span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="VBZ">writes</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">about</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Mhuysqa</span> <span class="NN">language</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">worldview</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBZ">explains</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="NNP">Ata</span> <span class="NNS">refers</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">number</span> <span class="CD">1</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NN">cosmogony</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="JJ">relative</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">beginning</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNS">times</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">From</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">eighteenth-century</span> <span class="NN">grammar</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJS">priest</span> <span class="NNP">Jose</span> <span class="NNP">Domingo</span> <span class="NNP">Duquesne</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="MD">can</span> <span class="VB">translate</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">ideogram</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="VBZ">follows</span> <span class=":">:</span> <span class="VB"></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">goods</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">something</span> <span class="RB">else.</span> <span class="VBZ"></span> <span class="DT">This</span> <span class="VBZ">means</span> <span class="JJ">common</span> <span class="NNS">goods</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">or</span></span> <span class="NN">everything</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="VBZ">exists</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">It</span> <span class="RB">also</span> <span class="VBZ">refers</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">primordial</span> <span class="NN">pond</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="VBZ">links</span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="NN">water</span> <span class="RB">as</span> <span class="RB">well</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="NNP">Ta</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">second</span> <span class="NN">sound</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">unity</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">number</span> <span class="CD">6</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBZ">represents</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">new</span> <span class="NN">beginning</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBG">showing</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">comprehension</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">time</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NNS">sequences</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="CD">5</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="CD">20</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="JJS">priest</span> <span class="NNP">Duquesne</span> <span class="VBD">wrote</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="NNP">Ta</span> <span class="VBZ">means</span> <span class="JJ"></span> <span class="NN">tillage</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">harvest.</span> <span class="VBD"></span> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="NNP">Ta</span> <span class="NN">ideogram</span> <span class="RB">also</span> <span class="VBZ">means</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">bearing</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNS">fruits</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="VBG">giving</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="PRP">yourself</span> <span class="RB">freely</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NN">agriculture</span> <span class="NN">labor</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">In</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NN">perspective</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">act</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="VBG">giving</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="NN">act</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="VBG">receiving</span> <span class=":">;</span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="RB">also</span> <span class="VBZ">implies</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">responsibility</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="VBG">taking</span> <span class="NN">care</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="WP">what</span> <span class="PRP">you</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">receiving</span> <span class=".">.</span> </p>
<p><span class="CD">One</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="RBS">most</span> <span class="JJ">important</span> <span class="NNS">acts</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NNP">Mhuysqa</span> <span class="NN">culture</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">offering</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">some</span> <span class="JJ">holy</span> <span class="NNS">lagoons</span> <a class="link" href = "../LIQUID/">L</a><span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="JJ">main</span> <span class="NN">offering</span> <span class="VBD">happened</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NNP">Guatavita</span> <span class="NN">lagoon</span><a class="fig" href="figs/lagoon.html"><sup>(fig.3)</sup></a> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">This</span> <span class="NN">lagoon</span> <span class="VBD">held</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">gold</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBN">offered</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="NNP">Mhuysqas</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBN">sought</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">after</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">Spanish</span> <span class="NNS">conquers</span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="VBP">heard</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">about</span></span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBD">tried</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">dry</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">lagoon</span> <span class="RB">up</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="NN">leader</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">town</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP">Guatavita</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBD">covered</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NN">gold</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="MD">would</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="VBN">introduced</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">on</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">raft</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBD">adorned</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="RBR">more</span> <span class="NN">gold</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">emeralds</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="NN">raft</span> <span class="MD">would</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="RB">then</span> <span class="VBN">given</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">lagoon</span> <span class="VBN">followed</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">leader</span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="MD">would</span> <span class="VB">introduce</span> <span class="PRP">himself</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">into</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">water</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="NN">offering</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">gold</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="VBG">covering</span> <span class="PRP">him</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VB">receive</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">purification</span> <span class="NN">bath</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">This</span> <span class="JJ">astonishing</span> <span class="JJ">ritual</span> <a class="link" href = "../UNDECIDABILITY/"> U</a> <a class="link" href = "../RESURGENCE/"> R</a> <span class="NNP">ATATA</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="VBN">done</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">reminder</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">gratitude</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="NN">water</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="CD">one</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="RBS">most</span> <span class="JJ">important</span> <span class="NN">living</span> <span class="NNS">beings</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">In</span></span> <span class="NN">reciprocity</span> <span class="DT">some</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">few</span> <span class="JJ">sacred</span> <span class="NN">female</span> <span class="NNS">entities</span> <span class="VBG">living</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">water</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBG">representing</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">lagoon</span> <span class="PRP">itself</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="MD">would</span> <span class="VB">hold</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">abundance</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP">Mhuysqa</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="CD">One</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">ways</span> <span class="NN">water</span> <span class="VBD">supplied</span> <span class="NN">life</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="NN">rain</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="VBD">provided</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">feed</span> <span class="NN">everybody</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">In</span></span> <span class="NN">order</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">understand</span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="JJ">reciprocal</span> <span class="NN">interaction/cycle</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">humans-lagoons-rain-corn</span> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBP">refer</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="NNP">Tseltal</span> <span class="NNP">Mayan</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="VBP">live</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Highlands</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP">Chiapas</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Lacandona</span> <span class="NN">jungle</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NNP">Mexico</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="VBP">keep</span> <span class="JJ">alive</span> <span class="RB">very</span> <span class="JJ">ancient</span> <span class="NN">knowledge</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBP">have</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">belief</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class="NN">spirit</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBG">living</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">inside</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">mountains</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">lakes</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">It</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBN">given</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">humans</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="NN">result</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNS">offerings</span> <span class="VBG">asking</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="NN">maintenance</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="NNP">ATATA</span> <span class="MD">can</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="VBN">related</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Mayan</span> <span class="NNP">Tseltal</span> <span class="NN">concept</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP">*</span> <span class="NNP">Ich´el</span> <span class="NN">ta</span> <span class="NN">muk´</span> <span class="RB">*</span> <span class="VBD">translated</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="JJ"></span> <span class="NN">respect</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">recognition</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="DT">all</span> <span class="JJ">living</span> <span class="NNS">things</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="JJ">nature.</span> <span class="NNP"></span> <a href="#fn4" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref4"><sup>4</sup></a> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class="NN">cycle</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="JJ">Tseltal</span> <span class="NN">life</span> <span class="PRP">itself</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBZ">requires</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">permanent</span> <span class="NN">compromise</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">way</span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBP">explain</span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="VBG">referring</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">double</span> <span class="VBG">being</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="NN">Seen</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">on</span></span> <span class="CD">one</span> <span class="NN">side</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">baby</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">on</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">other</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">woman</span> <span class="VBG">supporting</span> <span class="PRP$">her</span> <span class="NN">family</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="WRB">When</span> <span class="NN">someone</span> <span class="VBZ">wastes</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="MD">can</span> <span class="VB">hear</span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="VBG">crying</span> <span class="RB"></span> <span class="RB">even</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">if</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">single</span> <span class="NN">seed</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBN">left</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">soil</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">or</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">piece</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">tortilla</span> <span class="NNS">lies</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">on</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">kitchen</span> <span class="NN">floor</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="WRB">When</span> <span class="VBN">seen</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">woman</span> <span class="VBG">supporting</span> <span class="PRP">her</span> <span class="NN">family</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="VBZ">appears</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">harvest</span> <span class="WRB">when</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">corncobs</span> <span class="VBP">have</span> <span class="JJR">smaller</span> <span class="NNS">corns</span> <span class="NNS">sticks</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">These</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="NNS">signals</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">mother</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">plant</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBP">do</span> <span class="RB">not</span> <span class="VB">eat</span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">because</span></span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBP">prefer</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">hang</span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="RP">up</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">house</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">gesture</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">towards</span></span> <span class="VBG">keeping</span> <span class="NN">abundance</span> <span class="NN">present</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">home</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">community</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">This</span> <span class="JJ">double</span> <span class="JJ">reciprocal</span> <span class="NN">relation</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="VBG">demanding</span> <span class="NN">care</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">on</span></span> <span class="CD">one</span> <span class="NN">hand</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">while</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">at</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">same</span> <span class="NN">time</span> <span class="VBG">protecting</span> <span class="PRP$">its</span> <span class="JJ">own</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">meaningful</span> <span class="NN">trait</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="VBG">understanding</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">power</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NN">spirit</span> <span class=".">.</span> </p>
<p> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">In</span></span> <span class="NNP">Tenejapa</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">Tseltal</span> <span class="NN">town</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="RB">traditionally</span> <span class="VBP">make</span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="NN">offering</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="JJ">important</span> <span class="NN">lagoon</span> <span class="VBN">named</span> <span class="NNP">*</span> <span class="NNP">Ts´ajalsul</span> <span class="NNP">*</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">show</span> <span class="JJ">*</span> <span class="NN">ich´el</span> <span class="NN">ta</span> <span class="NN">muk´</span> <span class="NNP">*</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">In</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">ceremony</span> <span class="NNS">authorities</span> <span class="VBP">deposit</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">traditional</span> <span class="NN">handmade</span> <span class="NN">dress</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">female</span> <span class="VBG">being</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBG">living</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NN">water</span> <a class="link" href = "../LIQUID/">L</a> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBG">representing</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">lagoon</span> <span class="PRP">itself</span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="VBZ">provides</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">because</span></span> <span class="PRP">she</span> <span class="VBZ">happens</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="RB">also</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">mother</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">red</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="NNP">Red</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="RB">now</span> <span class="JJ">hard</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">find</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Highlands</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP">Chiapas</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="VBZ">represents</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJS">strongest</span> <span class="NNS">spirits</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">connection</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="NNS">ancestors</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="NN">woman´s</span> <span class="NN">blood</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">Some</span> <span class="NNS">families</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="JJ">aware</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">high</span> <span class="NN">value</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">these</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJ">other</span> <span class="NNS">varieties</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <a class="fig" href="figs/maiz.html"><sup>(fig.4)</sup></a> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">but</span></span> <span class="NN">diversity</span> <span class="VBZ">becomes</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">challenge</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NNS">communities</span> <span class=".">.</span> </p>
<span class="chapters">II</span>
<p> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">Despite</span></span> <span class="DT">these</span> <span class="NNS">cultures</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBP">live</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">reciprocal</span> <span class="NN">cycle</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">land</span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBP">inhabit</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="VBP">have</span> <span class="VBN">arrived</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">latent</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJ">urgent</span> <span class="NNS">conflicts</span> <span class="VBG">surrounding</span> <span class="NN">food</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">Since</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="CD">1950s</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNP">Mexican</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNP">United</span> <span class="NNPS">States</span> <span class="NNS">politicians</span> <span class="VBD">started</span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="NN">alliance</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">increase</span> <span class="NN">productivity</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="RBS">most</span> <span class="JJ">consumed</span> <span class="NNS">cereals</span> <span class=":">:</span> <span class="NN">wheat</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">rice</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="RB">Even</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">if</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">pioneers</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NN">project</span> <span class="VBD">said</span> <span class="RB">so</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="RB">not</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">fight</span> <span class="RP">off</span> <span class="NN">hunger</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">because</span></span> <span class="EX">there</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="NN">inequality</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">availability</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">food</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">That</span> <span class="NN">inequality</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="RB">still</span> <span class="VBG">growing</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="JJ">'green</span> <span class="NN">revolution</span> <span class="POS">'</span> <span class="VBD">began</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">movement</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNS">engineers</span> <span class="NNP"></span> <span class="NNP">George</span> <span class="NNP">Harrar</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNP">Edwin</span> <span class="NNP">J.</span> <span class="NNP">Wellhausen</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Nobel</span> <span class="NNP">Peace</span> <span class="NNP">Prize</span> <span class="NN">winner</span> <span class="NNP">Norman</span> <span class="NNP">E.</span> <span class="NNP">Borlaug</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">They</span> <span class="VBD">worked</span> <span class="RB">together</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NNP">Sonora</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNP">Mexico</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Office</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP">Special</span> <span class="NNP">Studies</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="RB">later</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="VBN">called</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">International</span> <span class="NNP">Maize</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNP">Wheat</span> <span class="NNP">Improvement</span> <span class="NNP">Center</span> <span class="(">(</span> <span class="NNP">CIMMYT</span> <span class=")">)</span> <span class="VBD">financed</span> <span class="RB">mainly</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Rockefeller</span> <span class="NNP">Foundation</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">They</span> <span class="VBD">developed</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">biochemical</span> <span class="JJ">'technological</span> <span class="NN">package</span> <span class="''">'</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="JJS">pest</span> <span class="NN">control</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBD">started</span> <span class="VBG">affecting</span> <span class="JJ">natural</span> <span class="NN">interdependence</span> <a class="link" href = "../LIQUID/">L</a> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJ">agricultural</span> <span class="NNS">cycles</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="VBG">achieving</span> <span class="JJ">full</span> <span class="NN">biocontrol</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">over</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">process</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="JJS">Most</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">these</span> <span class="NNS">substances</span> <span class="VBD">were</span> <span class="VBN">created</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">during</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">Second</span> <span class="NNP">World</span> <span class="NNP">War</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="JJ">biological</span> <span class="NNS">weapons</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">kill</span> <span class="NNS">populations</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="JJ">such</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">Japanese</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="NN">starvation</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">spraying</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">fulminate</span> <span class="NNS">herbicides</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="WRB">When</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">war</span> <span class="VBD">was</span> <span class="RB">over</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBD">needed</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">sell</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">products</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">but</span></span> <span class="NNS">theses</span> <span class="NNS">herbicides</span> <span class="VBD">were</span> <span class="VBG">killing</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">traditional</span> <span class="RB">locally</span> <span class="VBN">adapted</span> <span class="NNS">seeds</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">so</span></span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBD">worked</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="CD">two</span> <span class="NNS">steps</span> <span class=":">:</span> <span class="NNP">First</span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBD">collected</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">bank</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">germplasm</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">study</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">varieties</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NNP">Mexico</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJ">second</span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBD">chose</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBD">separated</span> <span class="RB">only</span> <span class="CD">two</span> <span class="NNS">varieties</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="RB">approximately</span> <span class="CD">64</span> <span class="NNS">types</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBD">adapted</span> <span class="PRP">them</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">chemicals</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">above</span></span> <span class="VBN">mentioned</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBG">producing</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">dependency</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">seed</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="MD">could</span> <span class="RB">not</span> <span class="VB">grow</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">without</span></span> <span class="NNS">pesticides</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="RB">Then</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">major</span> <span class="NN">commitment</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">governments</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="NNS">credits</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">funding</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBN">publicized</span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="JJ">alleged</span> <span class="NN">progress</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">need</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="NNS">peasants</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">They</span> <span class="MD">could</span> <span class="RB">then</span> <span class="VB">sell</span> <span class="DT">these</span> <span class="NNS">'packages</span> <span class="POS">'</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">farmers</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="RB">only</span> <span class="VBD">realized</span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="JJ">negative</span> <span class="NNS">effects</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">after</span></span> <span class="VBG">spoiling</span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="NN">soil</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">water</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="NNS">nitrates</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">phosphates</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">among</span></span> <span class="JJ">other</span> <span class="JJ">toxic</span> <span class="NNS">elements</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBD">produced</span> <span class="NN">soil</span> <span class="NN">erosion</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBD">broke</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">biological</span> <span class="NN">equilibrium</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="NNP">Nowadays</span> <span class="JJ">'technological</span> <span class="NNS">packages</span> <span class="POS">'</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NNP">Mexico</span> <span class="VBP">include</span> <span class="JJ">hybrid</span> <span class="NNS">seeds</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">white</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJ">yellow</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">chemical</span> <span class="NNS">fertilizers</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNS">herbicides</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJS">pest</span> <span class="NNS">controllers</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">All</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="PRP">them</span> <span class="VBP">come</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">negative</span> <span class="NN">impact</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NN">health</span> <span class="NN"></span> <span class="VBD">proved</span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NN">year</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">United</span> <span class="NNPS">States</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">court</span> <span class="NN">case</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP">Dewayne</span> <span class="NNP">Johnson</span> <span class="FW">vs.</span> <span class="NNP">Monsanto</span> <span class="VBG">regarding</span> <span class="NNP">Roundup</span> <span class="NNP">Ready</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">pesticide</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBZ">contains</span> <span class="NN">glyphosate</span> <span class=".">.</span> <a href="#fn5" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref5"><sup>5</sup></a> <span class="WRB">When</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">community</span> <span class="VBZ">loses</span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="JJ">traditional</span> <span class="NNS">seeds</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">[</span></span> <span class="RB">highly</span> <span class="VBN">adapted</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="NNS">territories</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">work</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">generations</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">before</span></span> <span class=")">)</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">because</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">new</span> <span class="NN">hybrid</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">damage</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="JJ">difficult</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">undo</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">Once</span></span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBP">want</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">go</span> <span class="RB">back</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">organic</span> <span class="NNS">ones</span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="MD">will</span> <span class="VB">need</span> <span class="NNS">years</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">adaptation</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBG">recovering</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">soil</span> <span class="RB">again</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="MD">will</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NN">consequence</span> <span class="VBD">provoke</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">low</span> <span class="NN">production</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">An</span> <span class="JJ">unbearable</span> <span class="NN">lost</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="NNS">peasants</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">In</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">nineties</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="JJ">genetic</span> <span class="NNS">engineers</span> <span class="VBD">modified</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">hybrid</span> <span class="NNS">seeds</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBD">created</span> <span class="JJ">new</span> <span class="NNS">ones</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="VBG">mixing</span> <span class="NN">animal</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">bacteria</span> <span class="NNS">genes</span> <span class="JJ">such</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="NN">bacterium</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">'Bacillus</span></span> <span class="NN">thuringiensis</span> <span class="''">'</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">into</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">cereal</span> <span class="VBG">creating</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">BT</span> <span class="JJ">transgenic</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="RB">also</span> <span class="NN">dependent</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">on</span></span> <span class="NNS">agrochemicals</span> <span class="RB">as</span> <span class="RB">well</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="RB">not</span> <span class="NN">fertile</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="VBD">meant</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="NNS">peasants</span> <span class="VBN">needed</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">buy</span> <span class="PRP">them</span> <span class="RP">anew</span> <span class="DT">each</span> <span class="NN">year</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">As</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">result</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NN">process</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">today</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NNP">Mexico</span> <span class="EX">there</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="NNS">sequences</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">transgenic</span> <span class="NN">contamination</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="CD">90.4</span> <span class="NN">%</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">whole</span> <span class="NN">production</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNS">tortillas</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBN">consumed</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="DT">every</span> <span class="NN">meal</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">[</span></span> <a href="#fn6" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref6"><sup>6</sup></a> <span class="EX">There</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">lot</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">money</span> <span class="VBN">invested</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">creation</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">food</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="JJ">low</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NNS">nutrients</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">but</span></span> <span class="JJ">high</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">on</span></span> <span class="JJ">private</span> <span class="NNS">patents</span> <span class="VBN">owned</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="JJ">big</span> <span class="NNS">corporations</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">like</span></span> <span class="NNP">Bayer</span> <span class="(">(</span> <span class="NN">owner</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP">Monsanto</span> <span class=")">)</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNP">Pioneer-Dupont</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNP">Syngenta</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNP">DOW</span> <span class="NNP">Agrosciences</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">among</span></span> <span class="NNS">others</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">This</span> <span class="VBZ">has</span> <span class="VBN">created</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">scenario</span> <span class="WRB">where</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">keepers</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">ancestral</span> <span class="NNS">seeds</span> <span class="VBD">started</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="VBN">treated</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="NNS">criminals</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">because</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">pollination</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="NN">harvest</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">from</span></span> <span class="JJ">transgenic</span> <span class="NNS">plants</span> <span class=".">.</span> </p>
<img src="images/bio_cycle.png" alt="biocycle">
<p> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="JJ">ancient</span> <span class="JJ">cultural</span> <span class="NN">cycle</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="RB">now</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">dependent</span> <span class="CD">one</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">On</span></span> <span class="CD">one</span> <span class="NN">hand</span> <span class="EX">there</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">biopolitical</span> <span class="NN">issue</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">'green</span> <span class="NN">revolution</span> <span class="POS">'</span> <span class="WRB">where</span> <span class="JJ">traditional</span> <span class="NNS">practices</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="VBG">working</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="NN">land</span> <span class="VBD">were</span> <span class="VBN">replaced</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="JJ">new</span> <span class="NNS">technologies</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">cooperate</span> <span class="NNS">businesses</span> <span class="NNS">agreements</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">On</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">other</span> <span class="NN">hand</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="EX">there</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="NN">issue</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="VBZ">has</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">capacity</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">power</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="VBG">deciding</span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="VBZ">lives</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="RB">therefore</span> <span class="RB">also</span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="VBZ">dies</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="NNP">Michel</span> <span class="NNP">Foucault</span> <span class="NNS">refers</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">kind</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">authority</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="JJ"></span> <span class="VBG">endangering</span> <span class="NN">life</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNP"></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">while</span></span> <span class="VBG">hiding</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">evidence</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="VBG">being</span> <span class="JJ">responsible</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">dead</span> <span class=".">.</span> <a href="#fn7" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref7"><sup>7</sup></a> <span class="VBG">According</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNS">foundations</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">corporations</span> <span class="VBN">named</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">above</span></span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">contaminating</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBG">doing</span> <span class="RB">so</span> <span class="JJ">guilty</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="NN">act</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ"></span> <span class="VBG">endangering</span> <span class="JJ">life.</span> <span class="NN"></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">As</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">result</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">such</span> <span class="JJ">violent</span> <span class="NNS">acts</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">on</span></span> <span class="JJ">natural</span> <span class="NNS">goods</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">huge</span> <span class="NN">crisis</span> <span class="VBZ">has</span> <span class="VBN">manifested</span> <span class="PRP">itself</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">indigenous</span> <span class="NNS">territories</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="NNS">Peasants</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NN">poverty</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NN">part</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="NN">consequence</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">global</span> <span class="NN">competition</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="VBZ">has</span> <span class="VBN">lowered</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">prices</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">some</span> <span class="NN">food</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="JJ">only</span> <span class="JJ">possible</span> <span class="NN">way</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="VBG">keeping</span> <span class="NNS">producers</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">market</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="VBG">having</span> <span class="JJR">more</span> <span class="NN">land</span> <span class="WRB">where</span> <span class="JJR">bigger</span> <span class="NNS">quantities</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">food</span> <span class="MD">can</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="VBN">produced</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">This</span> <span class="VBZ">leads</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">land</span> <span class="NN">concentration</span> <span class=":">;</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">few</span> <span class="NNS">actors</span> <span class="VBG">having</span> <span class="NN">control</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">over</span></span> <span class="JJ">important</span> <span class="NNS">areas</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="RB">Additionally</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="JJ">due</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="JJ">bad</span> <span class="PDT">harvest</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">value</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="NNS">products</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="RB">so</span> <span class="JJ">low</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="NN">farming</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="JJ">unprofitable</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">peasants</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="VBP">lose</span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="NNS">lands</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">these</span> <span class="JJ">economical</span> <span class="NNS">disasters</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">And</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">if</span></span> <span class="DT">that</span> <span class="VBP">isn</span> <span class="JJ"></span> <span class="NN">t</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">enough</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">state</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP">Chiapas</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">large</span> <span class="NN">producer</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="RB">also</span> <span class="VBG">importing</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">same</span> <span class="NN">cereal</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">from</span></span> <span class="NNP">South</span> <span class="NNP">Africa</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">This</span> <span class="NN">type</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">transgenic</span> <span class="VBN">imported</span> <span class="NN">grain</span> <span class="MD">can</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="VBN">found</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">governmental</span> <span class="JJ">rural</span> <span class="NNS">stores</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNP">Diconsa</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBG">competing</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="RB">thus</span> <span class="VBG">endangering</span> <span class="JJ">local</span> <span class="NNS">varieties</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJ">peasant</span> <span class="NN">production</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">In</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NN">losing</span> <span class="NN">cycle</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNS">farmers</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="JJ">first</span> <span class="VBN">pushed</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">into</span></span> <span class="NN">debt</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="RB">then</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">onto</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">streets</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBN">forced</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">start</span> <span class="VBG">working</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="NNS">others</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">on</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">lands</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBD">used</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="PRP">theirs</span> <span class=":">;</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">result</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">systematic</span> <span class="NN">process</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">impoverishment</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PDT">All</span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBG">creating</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">downturn</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBP">wherein</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">indigenous</span> <span class="JJ">young</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">looking</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="JJ">other</span> <span class="NNS">options</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">live</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="VB">Thus</span> <span class="DT">some</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="PRP">them</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">migrating</span> <span class="RB">legally</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="RB">illegally</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">United</span> <span class="NNPS">States</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">or</span></span> <span class="JJ">other</span> <span class="JJ">Mexican</span> <span class="NNS">territories</span> <span class="VBG">trying</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">find</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">job</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="JJ">touristic</span> <span class="NNS">places</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="CD">One</span> <span class="NN">elder</span> <span class="NN">man</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">from</span></span> <span class="NNP">Tenejapa</span> <span class="VBD">said</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="NN">interview</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="''"></span> <span class="VBZ">Sometimes</span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="VBZ">looks</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">like</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">heart</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">young</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">stone</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="VBZ">seems</span> <span class="NN">nothing</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="JJ">important</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="PRP">them</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">nothing</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBG">touching</span> <span class="PRP">them</span> <span class="RB">anymore</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">They</span> <span class="VBP">walk</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">without</span></span> <span class="VBG">knowing</span> <span class="WRB">where</span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">going</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">like</span></span> <span class="NN">robots.</span> <span class="NNP"></span> <a href="#fn8" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref8"><sup>8</sup></a> <span class="RB">However</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">middle</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">such</span> <span class="JJ">multilateral</span> <span class="NN">complexity</span> <span class="DT">some</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="PRP">them</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">keeping</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">seeds</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">water</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBZ">lands</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">wisdom</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">memory</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="JJ">alive</span> <span class=".">.</span> </p>
<span class="chapters">III</span>
<p> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBP">feel-think</span> <span class="NNS">offerings</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="VBG">getting</span> <span class="NN">water</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">food</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">reminder</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="PRP">us</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="JJ">grateful</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="WP">what</span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="VBP">have</span> <span class="VBN">received</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">from</span></span> <span class="JJ">previous</span> <span class="NNS">generations</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VB">take</span> <span class="NN">care</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="JJ">common</span> <span class="NNS">goods</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="NN">Reciprocity</span> <span class="MD">might</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="NN">something</span> <span class="RB">as</span> <span class="JJ">wonderful</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">kind</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">work</span> <span class="JJ">indigenous</span> <span class="NNS">cultures</span> <span class="VBP">do</span> <span class="WRB">when</span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">preparing</span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="JJ">meticulous</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJ">ephemeral</span> <span class="JJ">artistic</span> <span class="NNS">compositions</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="NN">offering</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">water</span> <a class="link" href = "../LIQUID/">L</a> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">They</span> <span class="VBP">spend</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">lot</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">time</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">because</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="PRP$">their</span> <span class="NNS">hearts</span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBP">know</span> <span class="NN">life</span> <span class="NNS">ends</span> <span class="WRB">when</span> <span class="NN">water</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="RB">not</span> <span class="JJ">flowing</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">so</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NN">offering</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">worth</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">effort</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="WRB">When</span> <span class="JJ">indigenous</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">keeping</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">they</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">cultivating</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">plant</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="JJ">great</span> <span class="NN">respect</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="NN">attention</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBZ">goes</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">beyond</span></span> <span class="NN"></span> <span class="RB">just</span> <span class="VBG">growing</span> <span class="JJ">it.</span> <span class="NN"></span> <span class="PRP">They</span> <span class="RB">also</span> <span class="VBP">sit</span> <span class="RP">around</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">fire</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">kitchen</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">reproduce</span> <span class="NN">face</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">face</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">teachings</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">meanings</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">varieties</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">ways</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="NN">harvesting</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBG">healing</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class=":">;</span> <span class="PDT">all</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">wisdom</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBN">given</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="JJ">warm</span> <span class="JJ">community-oriented</span> <span class="NN">touch</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="VBG">Learning</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">listen</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">elders</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBG">keeping</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NN">touch</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class="WP">who</span> <span class="RB">still</span> <span class="VBP">know</span> <span class="JJ">natural</span> <span class="NNS">ways</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">cultivate</span> <span class="RB">as</span> <span class="RB">well</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="JJ">carry</span> <span class="NN">ancient</span> <span class="NNS">seeds</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">memories</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="NNS">ways</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">remember</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">But</span></span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">resurge</span> <span class="DT">these</span> <span class="NNS">practices</span> <span class="NN">today</span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="VBP">need</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">act</span> <span class="RB">as</span> <span class="RB">well</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">We</span> <span class="VBP">need</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">disseminate</span> <span class="JJ">organic</span> <span class="NNS">seeds</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">knowledge</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">take</span> <span class="NN">care</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="PRP">them</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBG">appropriating</span> <span class="JJ">available</span> <span class="NNS">technologies</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">recover</span> <span class="JJ">natural</span> <span class="NN">balance</span> <a class="link" href = "../LIQUID/">L</a> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NN">living</span> <span class="(">(</span> <span class="VBN">decontaminated</span> <span class=")">)</span> <span class="NNS">soils</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">water</span> <span class=".">.</span> </p>
<p> <span class="DT">This</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">time</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="JJ">creative</span> <span class="JJ">collective</span> <span class="NN">praxis</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">protect</span> <span class="NN">life</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJ">common</span> <span class="NNS">goods</span> <span class=":">;</span> <span class="NN">humanity</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBG">living</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">serious</span> <span class="JJ">historical</span> <span class="NN">process</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="VBG">Something</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">every</span> <span class="NN">country</span> <span class="MD">could</span> <span class="VB">do</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VBG">finding</span> <span class="NN">community</span> <span class="NN">solidarity</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">act</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="VBG">conserving</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">biodiversity</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">food</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">For</span></span> <span class="NN">example</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="MD">can</span> <span class="VB">get</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NN">touch</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">seed</span> <span class="NNS">collectives</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">taking</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">on</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">significant</span> <span class="NN">labor</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="VBG">keeping</span> <span class="JJ">germplasm</span> <span class="NNS">banks</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">conserve</span> <span class="NNS">seeds</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="JJ">low</span> <span class="NN">temperature</span> <span class="NNS">environments</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="RBR">more</span> <span class="RB">importantly</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBG">growing</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">seeds</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">soil</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBG">renewing</span> <span class="DT">each</span> <span class="NN">cycle</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">We</span> <span class="MD">could</span> <span class="RB">also</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="JJ">responsible</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">for</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">at</span></span> <span class="JJS">least</span> <span class="CD">one</span> <span class="NN">seed´s</span> <span class="NN">survival</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="PRP$">our</span> <span class="JJ">rural</span> <span class="NNS">soils</span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="MD">should</span> <span class="NN">research</span> <span class="JJ">cultural</span> <span class="NN">production</span> <span class="NNS">systems</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="NNP">'milpa</span> <span class="POS">'</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">associate</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">plants</span> <span class="VBP"></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NN">case</span> <span class="NN">corn</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">beans</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">among</span></span> <span class="NNS">others</span> <span class="VBP"></span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">have</span> <span class="JJ">abundant</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJ">various</span> <span class="NNS">harvests</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">In</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">urban</span> <span class="NNS">areas</span> <span class="NNS">walls</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">roofs</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">or</span></span> <span class="NNS">pots</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="JJ">great</span> <span class="NNS">hosts</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="NNS">plants</span> <span class=":">;</span> <span class="RB">also</span> <span class="NNS">schools</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">or</span></span> <span class="NNS">parks</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="NNP">Reinforcing</span> <span class="JJ">local</span> <span class="NN">exchange</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNS">producers</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">conscient</span> <span class="NNS">consumers</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="RB">also</span> <span class="JJ">important</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">By</span></span> <span class="VBG">organizing</span> <span class="NN">time</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">around</span></span> <span class="JJ">sustainable</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="JJ">organic</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">abundance</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBG">sharing</span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="NNS">children</span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBG">offering</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNP">Earth</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">humanity</span> <span class="NN">life</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">autonomy</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">richness</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">In</span></span> <span class="DT">this</span> <span class="NN">way</span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="VBP">make</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">noble</span> <span class="NN">effort</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">keep</span> <span class="JJ">alive</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">rainbow</span> <span class="NNS">seeds</span> <span class="(">(</span> <span class="NNS">varieties</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">food</span> <span class=")">)</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">give</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">future</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="JJ">much</span> <span class="NNS">colors</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">flavors</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">as</span></span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="VBP">have</span> <span class="VBN">received</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">from</span></span> <span class="NN">earth</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="PRP$">our</span> <span class="JJ">previous</span> <span class="NNS">generations</span> <span class=".">.</span> </p>
<p> <span class="DT">That</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="WRB">why</span> <span class="VBG">taking</span> <span class="PRP">myself</span> <span class="JJ">serious</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">an</span> <span class="NN">act</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">reciprocity</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="VBZ">means</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="(">(</span> <span class="NN">inter</span> <span class=")">)</span> <span class="VBG">acting</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">from</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">within</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">power</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="PRP$">my</span> <span class="NN">heart</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="JJ">necessary</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">because</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="PRP$">my</span> <span class="NN">work</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="PRP$">my</span> <span class="NN">way</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">living</span> <span class="PRP">I</span> <span class="VBP">am</span> <span class="VBG">affecting</span> <span class="NNS">others</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="VBN">known</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJ">unknown</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">As</span></span> <span class="JJ">native</span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class="VBP">say</span> <span class="PRP">it</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">heart</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="MD">can</span> <span class="VB">be</span> <span class="JJ">aware</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NNS">consequences</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="PRP$">our</span> <span class="NNS">acts</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">territory</span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="VBP">live</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">without</span></span> <span class="VBG">ignoring</span> <span class="JJ">other</span> <span class="NNS">lands</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">people</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">This</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="VBN">related</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="VBG">developing</span> <span class="JJ">fair</span> <span class="NNS">economics</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">politics</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBZ">reduces</span> <span class="NN">inequality</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="PRP">It</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="JJ">important</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="VB">highlight</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="VBG">dealing</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">urgent</span> <span class="NN">problem</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">ecocide</span> <span class="NNS">means</span> <span class="VBG">dealing</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="JJ">collateral</span> <span class="NN">disaster</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">genocide</span> <span class="NNP"></span> <span class="VBN">provoked</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">by</span></span> <span class="DT">that</span> <span class="NN">ecocide</span> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="VBG">Addressing</span> <span class="JJ">such</span> <span class="NNS">issues</span> <span class="MD">will</span> <span class="VB">demand</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">that</span></span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="VBP">recognize</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">respect</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VB">embrace</span> <span class="PRP$">our</span> <span class="JJ">cultural</span> <span class="NNS">differences</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="JJ">belief</span> <span class="NNS">systems</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNS">traditions</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">languages</span> <a class="link" href = "../TENSE/">T</a> <a class="link" href = "../--/">M</a> <a class="link" href = "../PRACTICAL_VISION/">P</a> <span class="VBG">ending</span> <span class="DT">any</span> <span class="JJ">cultural</span> <span class="NN">supremacy</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">dominance</span> <span class="WDT">that</span> <span class="VBZ">requires</span> <span class="DT">the</span> <span class="NN">oppression</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">starvation</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NNS">others</span> <a class="link" href = "../OTHERNESS/">O</a> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="NNP">Reciprocity</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">relationship</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="NN">living</span> <span class="NN">nature</span> <span class=":">:</span> <span class="NNS">plants</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">territory</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NNS">animals</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NNS">cultures</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="WDT">which</span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="VBP">have</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">lot</span> <span class="TO">to</span> <span class="NN">re-appropriate</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">learn</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">from</span></span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">because</span></span> <span class="VBG">feeding</span> <span class="PRP">ourselves</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">process</span> <span class="WRB">where</span> <span class="NN">awareness</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="NN">memory</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">re-learning</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="VBN">needed</span> <a class="fig" href="figs/lagoon.html"><sup>(fig.6)</sup></a> <span class=".">.</span> <span class="DT">The</span> <span class="NN">construction</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">good</span> <span class="NN">way</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">living</span> <span class="VBN">named</span> <span class="NNP">*</span> <span class="NNP">Lekil</span> <span class="NN">kuxlejal</span> <span class="NN">*</span> <span class="(">(</span> <span class="JJ">full</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="JJ">dignified</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="JJ">fair</span> <span class="NN">life</span> <span class=")">)</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="NNP">Tseltal</span> <span class="NN">language</span> <span class="VBZ">is</span> <span class="RB">not</span> <span class="RB">only</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="NN">product</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="JJ">harmonic</span> <span class="NNS">relations</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">with</span></span> <span class="NN">nature</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="NN">society</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="PRP">we</span> <span class="MD">can</span> <span class="RB">only</span> <span class="VB">get</span> <span class="RB">there</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">collective</span> <span class="NN">transformation</span> <span class="NN">process</span> <span class="WRB">where</span> <span class="DT">both</span> <span class="NNS">concepts</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">of</span></span> <span class="NN">reciprocity</span> <span class="NNP">ATATA</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <span class="VBP">*ich´el</span> <span class="JJ">ta</span> <span class="NN">muk'*</span> <span class="VBP">are</span> <span class="JJ">present</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">in</span></span> <span class="DT">both</span> <span class="DT">a</span> <span class="JJ">local</span> <span class="NN">and/or</span> <span class="JJ">global</span> <span class="NN">scale</span> <span class=",">,</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">through</span></span> <span class="JJ">political</span> <span class="NN">intimate</span> <span class="NNS">acts</span> <span class="reveal CC"><span class="CC"><--></span><span class="popCC">and</span></span> <a href="#fn9" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref9"><sup>9</sup></a> <span class="JJ">public</span> <span class="JJ">transnational</span> <span class="JJ">reciprocal</span> <span class="NNS">agreements</span> <span class=".">.</span> </p>
<span class= "quote">NO <br>
BODY <br>
CAN LIVE <br>
WITHOUT <br>
OTHERS.
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<li id="fn1"><p>To Yaku.<a href="#fnref1" class="footnote-back"></a></p></li>
<li id="fn2"><p>Pérez Moreno, María Patricia. Otan - otanil. Corazón: una forma de ser - estar - hacer - sentir - pensar de los tseltaletik de Bachajón. Chiapas, México. FLACSO, Quito. 2014<a href="#fnref2" class="footnote-back"></a></p></li>
<li id="fn3"><p>Escribano, Mariana. * Semiological research on Mhuysqa language, Decryption of moon calendar numbers.* Antares, Colombia. 2002<a href="#fnref3" class="footnote-back"></a></p></li>
<li id="fn4"><p>López Intzin, Juan “Ichel ta muk: the plot in the construction of the Lekil kuxlejal”, in: Feel-think gender. La Casa del Mago, Guadalajara. 2013<a href="#fnref4" class="footnote-back"></a></p></li>
<li id="fn5"><p>Levin, S. and Greenfield, P. Monsanto ordered to pay $289m as jury rules weedkiller caused mans cancer. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/10/monsanto-trial-cancer-dewayne-johnson-ruling. 2018.<a href="#fnref5" class="footnote-back"></a></p></li>
<li id="fn6"><p>Álvarez-Buylla Roces, Elena. * Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. IE y C3, UNAM, México. 2017 http://www.dgcs.unam.mx/boletin/bdboletin/2017_607.html<a href="#fnref6" class="footnote-back"></a></p></li>
<li id="fn7"><p>Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality*. 1997.<a href="#fnref7" class="footnote-back"></a></p></li>
<li id="fn8"><p>López Intzin, Juan.<a href="#fnref8" class="footnote-back"></a></p></li>
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