Understandings of the Interconnectedness of Beings

Cyndy García Weyandt highlights how Wixárika knowledge reflects a deep understanding of interconnectedness among humans, animals, plants, and more-than-human beings. Rooted in reciprocity and accountability, this worldview is expressed in a yarn painting depicting the First World, where all beings emerged from the ocean and traveled to sacred directions and landscapes. These include sites like Lake Chapala in the South and the Sierra Madre in the North. The painting maps both cosmology and geography, illustrating a shared origin and continued coexistence across the Wixárika world.

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  • Cindy Weyandt outside, wearing a beige wool coat and red scarf

    Cyndy

    García-Weyandt

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Critical Ethnic Studies, Kalamazoo College