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Indigenous people in Colombia constitute a mere three percent of the national population. Colombian indigenous communities' success in gaining collective control of almost thirty percent of the national territory is nothing short of extraordinary. In Managing Multiculturalism, Jean E. Jackson examines the evolution of the Colombian indigenous movement over the course of her forty-plus years of research and fieldwork, offering unusually developed and nuanced insight into how indigenous communities and activists changed over time, as well as how she the ethnographer and scholar evolved in turn. The story of how indigenous organizing began, found its voice, established alliances, and won battles against the government and the Catholic Church has important implications for the indigenous cause internationally and for understanding all manner of rights organizing. Integrating case studies with commentaries on the movement's development, Jackson explores the politicization and deployment of multiculturalism, indigenous identity, and neoliberalism, as well as changing conceptions of cultural value and authenticity—including issues such as patrimony, heritage, and ethnic tourism. Both ethnography and recent history of the Latin American indigenous movement, this works traces the ideas motivating indigenous movements in regional and global relief, and with unprecedented breadth and depth.
Indians of South America --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- Indigenous peoples --- Politics and government. --- Ethnology --- Indigeneity. --- authenticity. --- cultural representation. --- ethnographic methodology. --- ethnoracial identity. --- identity politics. --- indigenous movements. --- legal pluralism. --- recognition politics. --- reflexivity.
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The Bará, or Fish People, of the Northwest Amazon form part of an unusual network of intermarrying local communities scattered along the rivers of this region. Each community belongs to one of sixteen different groups that speak sixteen different languages, and marriages must take place between people not only from different communities but with different primary languages. In a network of this sort, which defies the usual label of 'tribe', social identity assumes a distinct and unusual configuration. In this book, Jean Jackson's incisive discussions of Bará marriage, kinship, spatial organization, and other features of the social and geographic landscape show how Tukanoans (as participants in the network are collectively known) conceptualize and tie together their universe of widely scattered communities, and how an individual's identity emerges in terms of relations with others. As theoretically challenging as it is unique, the Tukanoan system bears on a wide range of issues of current anthropological concern, such as how to analyze open-ended regional systems in small-scale societies, ideal versus actual patterns of behaviour, identity as both structure and action, and indigenous use of multiple, even conflicting, models of social structure. Professor Jackson's thoughtful discussions also extend to broader social scientific issues concerning the relation of language to culture, the presence or absence of individualism in pre-state societies, the nature of ethnic boundaries, the interplay between observation of behaviour and its interpretation (on the part of both native and anthropologist), and the achievement of flexibility and self-interested goals while applying seemingly rigid social structural principles.
Tucano Indians --- Barasana Indians --- Indians of South America --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- Indigenous peoples --- Barasano Indians --- Waimaja Indians --- Waimaha Indians --- Tukano Indians --- Social life and customs. --- Ethnology --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology
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Los indígenas en Colombia constituyen apenas el tres por ciento de la población nacional. El éxito de las comunidades indígenas colombianas en la obtención del control colectivo de casi el treinta por ciento del territorio nacional es nada menos que extraordinario. En Gestionando el multiculturalismo, Jean E. Jackson examina la evolución del movimiento indígena colombiano a lo largo de sus más de cuarenta años de investigación y trabajo de campo, ofreciendo una visión inusualmente desarrollada y matizada de cómo las comunidades y activistas indígenas cambiaron con el tiempo, así como de cómo ella, la etnógrafa y la académica, evolucionó a su vez. La historia de cómo comenzó la organización indígena, encontró su voz, estableció alianzas y ganó batallas contra el gobierno y la Iglesia Católica tiene importantes implicaciones para la causa indígena a nivel internacional y para la comprensión de todo tipo de organización de derechos. Integrando estudios de casos con comentarios sobre el desarrollo del movimiento, Jackson explora la politización y el despliegue del multiculturalismo, la identidad indígena y el neoliberalismo, así como las cambiantes concepciones de valor cultural y autenticidad, incluyendo temas como el patrimonio, el patrimonio y el turismo étnico. Tanto la etnografía como la historia reciente del movimiento indígena latinoamericano, esta obra traza las ideas que motivan los movimientos indígenas en el socorro regional y mundial, y con una amplitud y profundidad sin precedentes.
Culturas indígenas --- Multiculturalism --- Indians of South America --- Derechos civiles --- Derechos humanos --- Indígenas de Colombia --- Multiculturalismo. --- Aspectos sociales --- Politics and government. --- Government relations. --- Ethnic identity. --- Legislación.
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