{"id":228,"date":"2025-06-11T01:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T01:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pluralizar.org\/?post_type=articulos&p=228"},"modified":"2025-11-30T13:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:09:21","slug":"the-hunter-hypothesis-ancestral-etiologies-and-political-imaginations-around-adult-adhd-in-chile-science-technology-human-value","status":"publish","type":"articulos","link":"https:\/\/pluralizar.org\/index.php\/articulos\/the-hunter-hypothesis-ancestral-etiologies-and-political-imaginations-around-adult-adhd-in-chile-science-technology-human-value\/","title":{"rendered":"The hunter hypothesis. Ancestral etiologies and political imaginations around adult ADHD in Chile. \ufeffScience, Technology, & Human Value"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hugo Sir R., (Aceptado). The hunter hypothesis. Ancestral etiologies and political imaginations around adult ADHD in Chile. En Science, Technology, & Human Values<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract:<\/strong> In this paper, I examine the social, subjective, and scientific implications of the hunter hypothesis, an evolutionary etiology for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). By tracing its presence in Chilean \u2018everyday life\u2019 narratives and \u2018neuropsychiatric\u2019 discourses, I argue for greater attention to the ancestral imaginaries within evolutionary etiologies. This perspective aims to enhance the study of medical categories as tools for selfunderstanding and biosociality, foster interdisciplinary collaboration in mental health research, and engage with calls for greater participation from neurodiverse individuals and communities. The article is structured in two parts. First, I explore the two-way encounter of the hunter hypothesis, examining its origins and interpretations in both \u2018everyday life\u2019 and \u2018neuropsychiatric\u2019 Chilean contexts. Second, I analyze the undertheorized role of ancestral imaginaries in scientific and medical speculation, seeking to enrich critiques of evolutionary thinking and propose new pathways for interdisciplinary collaboration. The conclusion emphasizes that engaging with imagination should not involve adopting fixed speculative frameworks. Instead, it advocates for methodologies that democratize scientific speculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resumen: <\/strong>En este art\u00edculo examino las implicancias sociales, subjetivas y cient\u00edficas de la hip\u00f3tesis del cazador, una etiolog\u00eda evolutiva del Trastorno por D\u00e9ficit de Atenci\u00f3n con Hiperactividad (TDAH). Al rastrear su presencia en narrativas de la \u201cvida cotidiana\u201d chilena y en discursos \u201cneuropsiqui\u00e1tricos\u201d, argumento a favor de prestar mayor atenci\u00f3n a los imaginarios ancestrales dentro de las etiolog\u00edas evolutivas. Esta perspectiva busca enriquecer el estudio de las categor\u00edas m\u00e9dicas como herramientas para la autocomprensi\u00f3n y la biosocialidad, fomentar la colaboraci\u00f3n interdisciplinaria en la investigaci\u00f3n en salud mental, y responder a los llamados por una mayor participaci\u00f3n de personas y comunidades neurodiversas. El art\u00edculo est\u00e1 estructurado en dos partes. Primero, exploro el encuentro bidireccional de la hip\u00f3tesis del cazador, examinando sus or\u00edgenes e interpretaciones tanto en contextos chilenos de la \u201cvida cotidiana\u201d como en el \u00e1mbito \u201cneuropsiqui\u00e1trico\u201d. En segundo lugar, analizo el rol poco teorizado de los imaginarios ancestrales en la especulaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica y m\u00e9dica, con el objetivo de enriquecer las cr\u00edticas al pensamiento evolutivo y proponer nuevas v\u00edas para la colaboraci\u00f3n interdisciplinaria. La conclusi\u00f3n enfatiza que involucrarse con la imaginaci\u00f3n no debe implicar la adopci\u00f3n de marcos especulativos fijos. En cambio, se aboga por metodolog\u00edas que democraticen la especulaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hugo Sir R., (Aceptado). The hunter hypothesis. Ancestral etiologies and political imaginations around adult ADHD in Chile. En Science, Technology, & Human Values. Abstract: In this paper, I examine the social, subjective, and scientific implications of the hunter hypothesis, an evolutionary etiology for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). By tracing its presence in Chilean \u2018everyday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228","articulos","type-articulos","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articulos"],"acf":{"autor_de_la_publicacion":{"simple_value_formatted":"Hugo Sir R.","value_formatted":"Hugo Sir R.","value":"Hugo Sir R.","field":{"ID":268,"key":"field_68497f4bb77ce","label":"Autor de la Publicaci\u00f3n","name":"autor_de_la_publicacion","aria-label":"","prefix":"acf","type":"text","value":null,"menu_order":0,"instructions":"","required":0,"id":"","class":"","conditional_logic":0,"parent":267,"wrapper":{"width":"","class":"","id":""},"default_value":"autor_de_la_publicacion","maxlength":"","allow_in_bindings":0,"placeholder":"","prepend":"","append":"","_name":"autor_de_la_publicacion","_valid":1}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pluralizar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articulos\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pluralizar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articulos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pluralizar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articulos"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pluralizar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pluralizar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pluralizar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pluralizar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}