The Mbyá-Guarani reclaims as a form of resistance in the face of the Anthropocene

This article addresses the Mbyá-Guarani reclaims as a mode of resistance in the face of the march of the Anthropocene. The research was carried out using multispecies cartography, covering villages located in the Atlantic forest of Rio Grande do Sul, during the period from 2019 to 2024. Throughout coexistence with these communities, it is clear that the reclaims are experiences that they go beyond the fight to guarantee specific territorial rights, they are also means by which these collectives defend the forests and the different beings that live there, seeking to ensure conditions of existence for everyone: “our fight is for the juruá too”. While the colonial habitation of the Anthropocene disarticulates processes built through multispecies interactions over millennia, compromising the habitability of the planet, Mbyá-Guarani indigenous territoriality is based on the understanding that different beings make the world together and that they must be respected.

Keywords:
Indigenous peoples; climate change; multispecies relations; coutercolonial struggles