Being <i>Paramuno</i> : Peasant World-Making Practices in the Paramos [High Moorlands] of the Colombian Andes

In this paper we explore what campesino [peasant] livelihoods in the rural Andean mountains of Colombia offer to understandings more-than-human co-existence and care. For, while new conservation paradigms promise transform economic social horizons, being “paramuno” [resident “paramo,” or high moorlands] small community Monquentiva is already characterized by becoming-with-other-beings-and-practices; a disposition toward incorporation elements that are at-hand, an ethics care other beings landscape. We draw on ethnographic data present case study, emphasizing forms organization persistence have enabled emergence economically ecologically sustainable livelihoods. these processes terms call world-making practices, showing how relationships with Indigeneity collectivity renegotiated, arguing for modes engage existing peasant innovation.