Resistencia al mundo indígena en Colombia. El caso de las etnias Amorúa y Wayúu
It seems that the indigenous world is still constructing itself from a Western perspective in a problematic way; ignorance and non-recognition of circulating difference in mainstream society signify a “new identity” for indigenous peoples that does not correspond to their cultural system. The linear...
| Autor Principal: | Torres Mora, Fanny Esperanza; Red Antropolítica Universidad de los Andes |
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| Otros Autores: | Galindo Martínez, María Fernanda; Universidad Santo Tomás |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Universidad Santo Tomás
2014
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http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/TEMAS/article/view/748 |
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It seems that the indigenous world is still constructing itself from a Western perspective in a problematic way; ignorance and non-recognition of circulating difference in mainstream society signify a “new identity” for indigenous peoples that does not correspond to their cultural system. The linearity proper to this type of analysis results in speeches that fail to understand dissident knowledge production. This creates a gap between the self-constructing image of the indigenous world and the meaning of being indigenous today. This split produces a deconstruction of the meaning of being indigenous established from stereotypes that contribute to the simplification of cultural features, which is then generalized and reproduced by and in the mainstream society.The fieldwork conducted in 2010 in the department of La Guajira with the Wayuu people, and in the department of Vichada, Colombia, with the Amorúa people in 2013, allowed a reflection on how, from the Western perspective, a blurred and prejudiced image of the indigenous world is constructed. Both the Amorúa and the Wayuu people are clear cases of stigmatization with regards to cultural and ethnic features that circulate in society, and are well supported by the State and the academia. |
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