<i>Amazonia: Territorial Struggles on Perennial Frontiers.</i> By Paul E. Little. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. xv + 298 pp. Illustrations, maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00

Little, Paul E.

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Environmental History

2003

DOI: 10.2307/3985978

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Amazonia: Territorial Struggles on Perennial Frontiers. By Paul E. Little. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. xv + 298 pp. Illustrations, maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00

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The symbolic and political appropriation of scales: A critical analysis of the Amazonian ranchers’ narrative

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Sartre

2012

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There are many examples of "local" discourses aiming to delegitimize environmental issues, demands, actions and governance by arguing that they pursue international goals, defined by international actors that do not meet local needs and frequently oppose them. We focus on the narrative held by large ranchers in the Eastern Amazon, which disqualifies the so-called top-down creation of protected areas that jeopardizes the "local development" these actors have, following the narrative, encouraged and sustained for years. Through the combination of an ontological and constructivist approach of scales, our contribution challenges this scalar construction questioning the "locality" of the large ranchers and showing that their role as "local developers" is actually rooted in regional/national/international scales. We then study the most important effect of the antienvironmental grand scalar narrative: its influence on regional and national decision makers. Wellconceived and publicized scalar scenarios are efficient in this context as in many others.

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The symbolic and political appropriation of scales: A critical analysis of the Amazonian ranchers’ narrative

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Subterranean Struggles: New Dynamics of Mining, Oil, and Gas in Latin America

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“Adaptive Resistance,” Conservation, and Development in the Brazilian Amazon: Contradictions of Political Organization and Empowerment in the Kaiabi Diaspora

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2014

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Indigenous peoples have been active players in the process of securing land rights and conserving about 21 percent of the Brazilian Amazon. In this article, we examine advances and contradictions in the process of “adaptive resistance” by Amazonian indigenous peoples in terms of their seeking alliances and funding from outside allies, adapting institutions and social organization, and reconstructing self-representations for securing and managing their territories. Drawing from long-term research among the Kaiabi (Tupi-Guarani) indigenous people, we compare the process of formation of indigenous leaders and indigenous political organizations among three Kaiabi groups—Xingu, Teles Pires, and Rio dos Peixes—following the relocation of the majority of Kaiabi to Xingu Park starting in the 1960s. New models of leadership emerging from interaction with other indigenous groups—from the history of the creation of Xingu Park in Brazil and from access to resources brought by the alliance between indigenous peoples and environmentalism—were important factors enabling political empowerment among the displaced Xingu Kaiabi in contrast with the other two groups. We discuss contradictions of political empowerment and strengthening of indigenous organizations in the Amazon, which may also lead to trade-offs and to the risk of dependence on outside funds and agents. Multicultural organization and alliances provide important platforms to the adaptive resistance and empowerment of diverse Amazonian indigenous peoples.

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Amazonia: Territorial Struggles on Perennial Frontiers. By Paul E. Little. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. xv + 298 pp. Illustrations, maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00

Cited by 10 publications

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The symbolic and political appropriation of scales: A critical analysis of the Amazonian ranchers’ narrative

The symbolic and political appropriation of scales: A critical analysis of the Amazonian ranchers’ narrative

Subterranean Struggles: New Dynamics of Mining, Oil, and Gas in Latin America

“Adaptive Resistance,” Conservation, and Development in the Brazilian Amazon: Contradictions of Political Organization and Empowerment in the Kaiabi Diaspora

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