Kalahari revisionism, Vienna and the‘indigenous peoples’ debate*

Forest conflicts and the informal nature of realizing indigenous land rights in Indonesia

“…Some scholars view the claim to indigeneity as a potential tool to empower marginalized communities, especially when it allows them to regain access to lands appropriated by the state or corporations (Barnard 2006;Rachman and Siscawati 2016). Other observers criticize the divisive elements of indigeneity as a rights discourse.…”

Constitución y aporías del indigenismo global: Cultura, raza y soberanía. Reflexiones a partir del caso Mapuche

“…Los mapuche son reconocidos como indígenas tanto en Chile como en Argentina. No ocurre lo mismo con los san, cuyo aboriginalidad es reconocida en Sudáfrica, pero no al otro lado de la frontera que parte en dos las arenas del Kalahari: las autoridades de Botsuana rechazan que ostenten un estatuto diferente al de los bantúes y al resto de etnias (Barnard, 2006). La adscripción jamás es evidente y, persistiendo aún una estética de heredada de su anterior conceptualización como «pri-mitivos», a veces puede parecer contraintuitiva.…”

VCD Crossovers: Cultural Practice, Ideas of Belonging, and Santali Popular Movies

“…Recent research on the communities concerned has avoided the existing preoccupation with either a primordial or deconstructivist stance by bringing a globally influential research paradigm on "indigeneity" as a concept of global advocacy into the discussions (Kuper 2003;BarNarD 2006;KarlssoN and Subba 2006;Ghosh 2006;MerlaN 2009;Shah 2010;MCCormaCk 2011;RyCroft and Dasgupta 2011;Shah and ShNeiDermaN 2013). Indeed, a debate produced the idea that due to the multiple migrations of the communities discussed in India, any claim to a literal "first" settling in an area hardly holds true for any of the groups there.…”