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For the Moqoit, power or quesaxanaxa is what makes somebody or something
capable of being fertile, rich, plentiful, or of performing an efficient action.
Ultimately, any special ability, feature or action requires that its agent owns the corresponding quesaxanaxa. This is what Cordeu (1998) would call an active or
dynamic conception of power. In his definition, the asymmetric distribution of
power is linked to the asymmetrical social relations among beings. This power is not
only or primarily something that human beings own, but extends to a great variety
of intentional agents. It is particularly abundant in certain beings, protagonists of the
‘time of origins’. They form a heterogeneous group known as poderosos (beings
with a significant amount of power) or quesaxanaxaic, deemed especially fertile,
bountiful and immoderate because of the scale of their power.
Fig. 2 Map of the area with the greatest Moqoit presence
Signs, Not Phenomena: Moqoit Cosmo-politics and Alternative Experiences…
For the Moqoit, power or quesaxanaxa is what makes somebody or something
capable of being fertile, rich, plentiful, or of performing an efficient action.
Ultimately, any special ability, feature or action requires that its agent owns the corresponding quesaxanaxa. This is what Cordeu (1998) would call an active or
dynamic conception of power. In his definition, the asymmetric distribution of
power is linked to the asymmetrical social relations among beings. This power is not
only or primarily something that human beings own, but extends to a great variety
of intentional agents. It is particularly abundant in certain beings, protagonists of the
‘time of origins’. They form a heterogeneous group known as poderosos (beings
with a significant amount of power) or quesaxanaxaic, deemed especially fertile,
bountiful and immoderate because of the scale of their power.
Fig. 2 Map of the area with the greatest Moqoit presence
Signs, Not Phenomena: Moqoit Cosmo-politics and Alternative Experiences…