Migration, Education, Indigenous Social DynamicsCultural and Social Studies in Latin AmericaEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond

Juan Carlos Calderón Chipana, Jorge Apaza Ticona, Alfredo Calderón Torres

2026.3.6Cuadernos de Linguistica Hispanica

DOI: 10.19053/uptc.0121053x.n48.2026.20149

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyze the concept of ‘chuyma’ as an intersubjective center of Aymara culture through a systematic literature review of various international databases. The analysis reveals that chuyma is a ‘taypi’, or feeling-thinking center, asit integrates emotions, feelings, and thoughts; therefore, it constitutes the seat where consciousness is configured and reflexivity develops. Furthermore, in the natural environment, ‘chuyma’ is linked to the inner part of plant seeds, the vital survival instinct of animals, and the central confluence of places. In conclusion, ‘chuyma’ encompasses everything related to the inner state and acts as a primary category of integration, transformation, and authentic thought, essential characteristics of Aymara sociability.

Citation format

CHIPANA, Juan Carlos Calderón; TICONA, Jorge Apaza; TORRES, Alfredo Calderón. Revisión del concepto de chuyma comocentro intersubjetivo de la culturaaymara. Cuadernos de Linguistica Hispanica, 2026.