Contested Territoriality: Ethnic Challenges to Colombia's Territorial Regimes

Abstract

This article studies ethnic social movement autonomy claims in three regions of Colombia. It maintains that place-based and regime-specific political processes condition institutional change affecting common property regimes. The article finds that to assert local self-determination and territorial control, ethnic social movements (a) respond to territorial regimes threatening local autonomy; (b) use innovative tactics to negotiate autonomy; and (c) engage in deliberation to redefine identities and understand the conditions limiting local autonomy.

Trabajos sobre indígenas y territorio en Colombia, estado de la cuestión

“…Visto así, argumenta que es muy importante tener en cuenta a los pueblos indígenas para cualquier decisión que afecte su territorio. Para ello, es pertinente defender la autodeterminación local y el control territorial de los movimientos sociales étnicos (Velasco, 2011).…”

Confining Ethnic Territorial Autonomy in Colombia

“…The first represents the Indian movement's traditional political strategy of resistance and organizing under any condition as advanced by CRIC, Colombia's most important and contentious Indian social movement, which has managed to maintain local autonomy even in the face of violence. It has historically supported local agency and multisector solutions to shared problems (Velasco, 2011). The first set of organizations supporting the Naya tend to see armed conflict as a moment of extreme tension (García, 2009), but even then resistance and reinforcement of legitimate local organizations are the best strategies to maintain autonomy.…”

Introduction

“…Pour comprendre les conflits que cela peut engendrer et plus particulièrement pour le cas de la Colombie, voir Velasco 2011. indigènes orientaux ne débute qu'à partir de 1980 et a reçu un substantiel appui économique et institutionnel des Églises et de milieux privés appuyant des ONG. De plus, elle a bénéficié de fonds de la BID, de la Banque mondiale, du FMI, de l'ONU ou de l'OIT afin de promouvoir des politiques écologiques et indigènes.…”