Intersectionality and coloniality as interpretive keys: thinking human rights from the Amazon

Abstract

This article starts from the question: "is intersectionality a decolonial option?" to critically reflect on the adequacy of these two interpretative keys to the understanding of Human Rights in peoples of the Americas. The intersectionality theory proposes an analysis of the intercrossing of social markers of gender/race/class. On the other hand, decoloniality presents a historical, political and social context, from which one understands hierarchical beams as colonial inheritances. These interpretive keys bring, in their reflections, ways to understand the selective breach of human rights and deconstruct the systems of hierarchy and power. In this sense, we seek here to point out their limitations and potential.

Keywords

• interseccionalidade
• direitos humanos
• decolonialidade, américa latina, teoria social