Omar Rivera
Biographic Data
| ID | 485747 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Omar Rivera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Omar |
| FAMILY NAME | Rivera |
| SIGNATURE | RIVERA O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University College Station, TX USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4785-396X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Cosmological Topologies and the (De)formations of Things at Catastrophic Ends
Drawing from Andean cosmological, mythological and aesthetic lineages, this paper is about the possibility of a phenomenology of things at catastrophic ends. In this regard, I approach things under the sway of a (de)formative emptiness. In the first part, I develop a relational ontology on the basis of the Andean notion of pacha or cosmos, which provides a phenomenological frame for a determination of “place,” “world” and “topology.” I also contr…
Toward the Vanishing of the “Human”
By putting forward the notions of “eco-sensibilities” and “eco-permeable relationalities,” this paper explores a non-instrumentalizing mode of relation with the “non-human.” On this basis, it shows the possibility of affectively disempowering the hold of “ecological indifference” as Nancy Tuana describes it. It focuses on “animal becoming” and “elemental architecture” as “eco-sensibilities” that effect such a disempowerment
“Bringing you into the Zoom”
KEYWORDS: Educationonline learningauthentic learningconnectioncommunication technologyonline teaching
Andean Aesthetics and Anticolonial Resistance
Informed by Gloria Anzaldúa’s and José Carlos Mariátegui’s work, as well as by Andean cosmology, Omar Rivera turns to Inka stonework and architecture as an example of a “Cosmological Aesthetics.” He articulates ways of sensing, feeling and remembering that are attuned to an aesthetic of water, earth and light. On this basis, Rivera brings forth a corporeal orientation that can be inhabited by the oppressed, one that withdraws from predominant mod…
Stillness, Aesthesis, Resistance
Emphasizing the embodied, physical aspect of María Lugones's decolonial feminism, this article elucidates ways in which the oppressed appears to colonizing gazes and beyond them in order to explore possibilities of resistance. It proposes “stillness” as a sentient physicality that can transgress the hold of racist/colonizing gazes and sense a multiplicity of worlds from a limen. In order to do this, it focuses on the temporality of “stillness” an…
Cuidado! Jóvenes, fútbol y aguante en la vía
Este documento tiene como objetivo dar a conocer los avances en los resultados del proyecto de investigación «Rutas de expresiones juveniles en organizaciones barristas, un recorrido entre Bogotá, Soacha, Fusagasugá y Girardot. Periodo 2018-2019». Esta iniciativa de investigación expone como objetivo general desentrañar, analizar y comprender las formas y dinámicas de vida y subjetividades de integrantes de las mal llamadas barras bravas de fútbo…
The Image of the Indio in a Non-Representative Economy
The Image of the Indio in a Non-Representative EconomyMeditations on Peruvian Marxism Omar Rivera Introduction The two general aims of this essay are: 1. To inquire into the relation between politics and aesthetics from the perspective of a Peruvian, postcolonial context. This essay attempts to uncover something unique about this relation that defines a singular politico-aesthetic sensibility that is found in Latin American art and thought, a sen…
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The Image of the Indio in a Non-Representative Economy
The Image of the Indio in a Non-Representative EconomyMeditations on Peruvian Marxism Omar Rivera Introduction The two general aims of this essay are: 1. To inquire into the relation between politics and aesthetics from the perspective of a Peruvian, postcolonial context. This essay attempts to uncover something unique about this relation that defines a singular politico-aesthetic sensibility that is found in Latin American art and thought, a sen…
Stillness, Aesthesis, Resistance
Emphasizing the embodied, physical aspect of María Lugones's decolonial feminism, this article elucidates ways in which the oppressed appears to colonizing gazes and beyond them in order to explore possibilities of resistance. It proposes “stillness” as a sentient physicality that can transgress the hold of racist/colonizing gazes and sense a multiplicity of worlds from a limen. In order to do this, it focuses on the temporality of “stillness” an…
Cuidado! Jóvenes, fútbol y aguante en la vía
Este documento tiene como objetivo dar a conocer los avances en los resultados del proyecto de investigación «Rutas de expresiones juveniles en organizaciones barristas, un recorrido entre Bogotá, Soacha, Fusagasugá y Girardot. Periodo 2018-2019». Esta iniciativa de investigación expone como objetivo general desentrañar, analizar y comprender las formas y dinámicas de vida y subjetividades de integrantes de las mal llamadas barras bravas de fútbo…
“Bringing you into the Zoom”
KEYWORDS: Educationonline learningauthentic learningconnectioncommunication technologyonline teaching
Andean Aesthetics and Anticolonial Resistance
Informed by Gloria Anzaldúa’s and José Carlos Mariátegui’s work, as well as by Andean cosmology, Omar Rivera turns to Inka stonework and architecture as an example of a “Cosmological Aesthetics.” He articulates ways of sensing, feeling and remembering that are attuned to an aesthetic of water, earth and light. On this basis, Rivera brings forth a corporeal orientation that can be inhabited by the oppressed, one that withdraws from predominant mod…
Toward the Vanishing of the “Human”
By putting forward the notions of “eco-sensibilities” and “eco-permeable relationalities,” this paper explores a non-instrumentalizing mode of relation with the “non-human.” On this basis, it shows the possibility of affectively disempowering the hold of “ecological indifference” as Nancy Tuana describes it. It focuses on “animal becoming” and “elemental architecture” as “eco-sensibilities” that effect such a disempowerment
Cosmological Topologies and the (De)formations of Things at Catastrophic Ends
Drawing from Andean cosmological, mythological and aesthetic lineages, this paper is about the possibility of a phenomenology of things at catastrophic ends. In this regard, I approach things under the sway of a (de)formative emptiness. In the first part, I develop a relational ontology on the basis of the Andean notion of pacha or cosmos, which provides a phenomenological frame for a determination of “place,” “world” and “topology.” I also contr…
Epistemology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Biology (2 works)