The Border as A Poietic Shelter and Maker of World/S In Gloria Anzaldúa

Abstract

This article is organized into three sections: a) Anzaldúa in light of the decolonial perspective; b) Fruitful epistemic and identity conflicts; and c) Gloria pen, writing, language. The purpose of this article is to interweave these three themes by structuring them with the concept of the border, which, more than a mere category, refers to the detachment from the modern-colonial trace imbued with hostility, thus inviting us to generate and design a space that forges other worlds, avoiding labels, tags, and appropriations; practices that Anzaldúa does not like. In this sense, this article emphasizes the idea of poietic shelter, without any hint of harmonious reconciling dialogue with the different oppressions or romanticization of any kind or style, but rather directed toward the creative inhabitation that occurs, precisely, on the world-making border.