Pueblos indígenas contemporáneos en Costa Rica: construyendo sus derechos
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2020
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Vargas Mena, Emilio
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Editorial Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
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El lector o lectora de este libro sobre la cuestión indígena en Costa Rica no encontrará las estadísticas usuales sobre “pobreza" y "exclusión”, privilegiadas por diversos analistas. El énfasis sobre ese abordaje acentúa estigmas y estereotipos sobre el mundo indígena y hace invisible la resistencia política de estos pueblos, la cual, en 2018, cumple 516 años sin detenerse. Este libro intenta develar algunas tendencias de esos procesos de resistencia y movilización política, y reconocer su importancia actual. Intentamos abordar aquí la incidencia del movimiento político indígena con el fin de construir sus derechos humanos e indígenas en el contexto político costarricense y ser reconocidos como sujeto colectivo, como actor social y político: jóvenes, mujeres y hombres indígenas organizados, en lucha por la defensa de sus tierras, territorios, cultura y dignidad, que procuran la protección de la Madre Madre Tierra, revitalizando sus modos de vida, y estableciendo alianzas con sectores no-indígenas.
Readers of this book on Indigenous issues in Costa Rica will not find the usual statistics on “poverty” and “exclusion,” so often emphasized by various analysts. This approach reinforces stigmas and stereotypes about Indigenous peoples and renders invisible the political resistance of these communities, which, in 2018, marked 516 years of uninterrupted struggle. This book attempts to uncover some trends in these processes of resistance and political mobilization and to recognize their continued importance. Here, we explore the impact of the Indigenous political movement in its efforts to build its human and Indigenous rights within the Costa Rican political context and to be recognized as a collective subject, as a social and political actor: organized Indigenous youth, women, and men, fighting to defend their lands, territories, culture, and dignity, striving to protect Mother Earth, revitalizing their ways of life, and forging alliances with non-Indigenous sectors.
Readers of this book on Indigenous issues in Costa Rica will not find the usual statistics on “poverty” and “exclusion,” so often emphasized by various analysts. This approach reinforces stigmas and stereotypes about Indigenous peoples and renders invisible the political resistance of these communities, which, in 2018, marked 516 years of uninterrupted struggle. This book attempts to uncover some trends in these processes of resistance and political mobilization and to recognize their continued importance. Here, we explore the impact of the Indigenous political movement in its efforts to build its human and Indigenous rights within the Costa Rican political context and to be recognized as a collective subject, as a social and political actor: organized Indigenous youth, women, and men, fighting to defend their lands, territories, culture, and dignity, striving to protect Mother Earth, revitalizing their ways of life, and forging alliances with non-Indigenous sectors.
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DERECHOS HUMANOS, HUMAN RIGHTS, POBLACIONES INDÍGENAS, INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS, MOVIMIENTOS SOCIALES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, DERECHOS DE LOS INDÍGENAS, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, INDÍGENAS, INDIGENOUS