Indigenous Women in Defence of Life and Land: An introduction

Rius, Marisa Belausteguigoitia; Icaza, Mariana Gómez Alvarez; Márquez, Iván González

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“…In addition, we detail the local-global implications and forms of structural and "slow" violence, which refers to "violence that occurs gradually and out of sight and is dispersed across time and space" (Nixon 2011, 2), that emerge as a result of government sanctioned FPIC violations and disavowals of Indigenous customary governance. In so doing, the article adds to a growing body of "unsettling" scholarship (de Leeuw and Hunt, 2018;Liboiron, 2021) that centers Indigenous ways of being (Awasis, 2020), connections to land (Simpson and Coulthard, 2014), and is evidencing the radical potentials of situated Indigenous approaches to resistance (Estes, 2019), autonomy (EZLN, 2016), environmental defence (Rius, Icaza, and Márquez, 2011), and decolonization (Tuck and Yang, 2012). With specific regard to the eclectic "trickster" discipline of political ecology (Robbins, 2015), our aim is to further push the field in a decidedly anticolonial yet already established extra-academic direction (Batterbury, 2015).…”

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The violence of disavowing Indigenous governance: exposing the colonial politics of "development" and FPIC in the Caribbean

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Journal of Political Ecology

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After decades of organising and a protracted legal battle, Maya communities of southern Belize won a watershed land rights victory in the Caribbean Court of Justice in 2015. Since then, the state has criminalised environmental defenders, violated communal land rights, and is argued by Maya activists and alcaldes (village leaders) from Toledo District to be operating in bad faith. This Grassroots article––which explicitly draws from the grounded knowledge of Indigenous resistance, an autonomous social movement, and engaged “accompliceship”––casts critical light on a recent flashpoint conflict between the Government of Belize and Maya communities related to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent. The analysis we offer from an anticolonial standpoint is instructive about broader social, political, and environmental challenges related to capitalist “development,” (postcolonial) state power, and struggles for Indigenous self-determination.

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The violence of disavowing Indigenous governance: exposing the colonial politics of "development" and FPIC in the Caribbean

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“…In this case, the practice of spiritual advocacy is a form of expression of the law of origin, customary law, and truthtelling (Pastor & Santamaria, 2021;Gottardi, 2020;Nandi & Garg, 2017). Third, it examines the practice of rejection of thought and body, land and body, and the separation of life and non-life by indigenous women (Altamirano-Jiménez, 2021;Rius et al, 2011;O'Faircheallaigh, 2013). From these three trends, it appears that existing studies pay little attention to indigenous women's movements to protect nature based on the perspective of religious ecofeminism.…”

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Protecting Nature: Religious Ecofeminism in Indigenous Women’s Movements

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2023

Wawasan J. Ilm. Agama dan Sos. Budaya

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This study aims to analyse the indigenous women's movement to protect nature using the perspective of religious ecofeminism. The Indigenous People Alliance of Indonesia (Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara-AMAN) documented 13 cases of indigenous territory seizure, affecting 103,717 indigenous people and 251 hectares of indigenous territories. Consequently, the patterns of indigenous knowledge related to spirituality, as lived by indigenous women, prompt them to respond to the exploitation of nature. This research seeks to confirm the basic thesis of ecofeminism that links the domination of women and nature. The study employs qualitative methods, utilising text data from online media such as Twitter. The selection of data sources is based on the role of online media as a space for the representation of indigenous women and indigenous peoples. The main findings indicate that indigenous women have successfully positioned themselves at the forefront of nature protection through their movements. The indigenous women's movement to protect nature exemplifies a relationship based on indigenous understanding and knowledge, which is inseparable from the interpretation of nature itself. Equally important, the response of indigenous women reflects the interpretation of humans and nature as interdependent entities that provide sustenance, a concept known as religious ecofeminism. This concept embodies a cultural and religious understanding of the cosmology of life. The study contributes to raising awareness of the critical role of indigenous women in environmental conservation and demonstrates that their movements are grounded in religious ecofeminism values.

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Indigenous Women in Defence of Life and Land: An introduction

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The violence of disavowing Indigenous governance: exposing the colonial politics of "development" and FPIC in the Caribbean

The violence of disavowing Indigenous governance: exposing the colonial politics of "development" and FPIC in the Caribbean

Protecting Nature: Religious Ecofeminism in Indigenous Women’s Movements

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