Solidarity in Indigenous Communities
Submitted by medinacely on Thu, 2011-01-06 23:16
Panel Abstract:
‘Minga’ is a term from the Quichua language that refers to the ancestral practice of communitarian work done for the good of the collective. Indigenous social groups are using this definition to create a coalition among the disenfranchised groups in Colombia, i.e., Afro-Colombians, peasants, displaced populations, the urban poor, and others. The indigenous movement realizing that the state policies that affect them also affect many other groups and minorities has called for a national Minga, a nation-wide mobilization campaign. I argue that the Minga, up to now, has been successful in creating a broader social and political coalition, and in extending and renewing the sense of citizenship that had become a privilege in Colombia. Thus, there was a shift of the indigenous peoples’ demands to a broader platform.
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Panel Abstract:
‘Minga’ is a term from the Quichua language that refers to the ancestral practice of communitarian work done for the good of the collective. Indigenous social groups are using this definition to create a coalition among the disenfranchised groups in Colombia, i.e., Afro-Colombians, peasants, displaced populations, the urban poor, and others. The indigenous movement realizing that the state policies that affect them also affect many other groups and minorities has called for a national Minga, a nation-wide mobilization campaign. I argue that the Minga, up to now, has been successful in creating a broader social and political coalition, and in extending and renewing the sense of citizenship that had become a privilege in Colombia. Thus, there was a shift of the indigenous peoples’ demands to a broader platform.
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