Goodbye to María Lugones
"These are not merely theoretical possibilities, but lived possibilities. This is why we are seeking a coalition."
María Lugones
Argentine feminist researcher and activist María Lugones died on July 14; she was one of the leading figures in thought on the coloniality of the concept of gender and its implications.
Born in the Pampas, this prestigious Argentine feminist philosopher left at a young age to study in the United States, where she obtained her Ph.D. in philosophy and political science from the University of Wisconsin. A professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture at Binghamton University in New York State. Her commitment to Black women began when she arrived to study there in the 1960s, and she became immersed in the emancipatory struggles of the Black civil rights movement. This journey of a migrant life highlights both the centrality of Lugones's work in the humanities and social sciences, and in the networks of activists in Latin America, particularly in Argentina and Bolivia, where she lived for a time, invited to teach, while dedicating herself to learning—still incomplete—the Aymara language.
Her commitment to the emancipatory struggles of the Black civil rights movement has become central following the murder of George Floyd. Her "pilgrimages" are among the most important concepts and categorical systems coined by Lugones, based on two of the philosopher's fundamental texts. They encompass the possibilities and limitations of the political coalition identity "Women of Color," as formulated in a specific context, for the feminist praxis of non-white Latin American women.
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