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Saturday, 21 November 2009 07:04

Remapping Gender, Justice, And Rights In The Indigenous Americas: Toward A Comparative Analysis And Collaborative Methodology


Shannon Speed, Maylei Blackwell, Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo, Rachel Sieder, María Teresa Sierra, Renya Ramirez, Morna Macleod and Juan Herrera, 2009


In recent years profound transformations have occurred within indigenous communities as a consequence of neoliberal globalization. At the same time, indigenous people are increasingly articulating their claims as subjects of rights, both inside and beyond their communities. In this essay, we describe some of the collective reflections and analyses that emerged as a result of a comparative project initiated with a UC MEXUS-CONACYT Collaborative Grant, awarded funds to two research teams, one in the United States and one in Mexico.1 The aim of the project was to develop a common theoretical framework for understanding the complex relationship between movements for indigenous rights, state reform, and juridical structures. A principal goal of this framework was to allow for a comparison of the experience of indigenous groups in regions of Mexico, Guatemala, and the United States, including transnational indigenous migrants between these countries. We focused on the ways in which indigenous people are struggling for political and cultural rights, local autonomy, and effective justice practices in the context of changes being wrought by processes of economic, political, legal, and cultural globalization. We were particularly interested in analyzing how men and women might be living these struggles differently and how gender norms and dynamics might be shifting as a result of organizational experiences or migratory processes.

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology; 14(2): 300 - 331

Este artículo reúne una serie de reflexiones colectivas sobre las profundas transformaciones que los patrones de globalización neoliberal están causando en las comunidades indígenas y la manera en que los pueblos indígenas se están posicionando dentro de estos nuevos contextos como sujetos de derechos. Uno de los objetivos del proyecto colectivo que dio origen a este artículo fue el de reflejar de forma comparativa las experiencias indígenas en distintas regiones de México, Guatemala y los Estados Unidos, incluyendo la vivencia transnacional de los migrantes indígenas en estos países. Nuestro enfoque se centra en la manera en que los pueblos indígenas luchan por sus derechos políticos, sociales y económicos, sus formas de autonomía y un mejor acceso a la justicia dentro de los cambios producidos por la globalización económica y legal. Nos interesan particularmente las maneras diferenciadas en que los hombres y mujeres experimentan estas luchas y la forma en que las normas y dinámicas de género pueden estar cambiando a raíz de la organización y la migración. El artículo presenta una serie de reflexiones a partir de la consideración comparada de las distintas experiencias de investigación de los autores dentro de regiones indígenas en las Américas y surgiere una agenda para investigación colaborativa.




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