An Anti-Ableist Rereading of Andean Paleopathology
摘要
This chapter analyzes the interpretation of Andean paleopathology on disability, revealing how ableist medical discourse has dominated archaeology and reinforced colonial views. From an anti-ableist position, we propose a critical rereading, urging consideration of other possible relationships between disabilities in pre-Hispanic societies. Thus, we propose an essay with reflections and questions about the huaco portraits and Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala’s Primer Nueva crónica y buen gobierno (First New Chronicle and Good Government), with its references to disability during the period in which Tawantinsuyu was conquered, to allude to the coloniality of ability.