Part 1

Based on the documentary " Rigoberta Manchu, indigenous rights in Guatemala" and on the paper by Grosfoguel " decolonizing postcolonial studies and paradigms in political economy..."reflect and answer the following questions:

1. Would Rigoberta Manchu become a member of the Latin American Subaltern Studies Group? explain

2. Does Ms. Manchu have what Grosfoguel calls a "subaltern epistemic perspective"? why?

3. How would the world economic system look like from the perspective of Rigoberta Manchu? would it be closer to a system such as hunting and gathering? independent production? central planning? Explain

4. Identify at least 4 global hierarchies imposed by the colonial power matrix in Rigoberta Manchu's speech? What was there before the impositions of those global hierarchies?