Una mirada histórica y socio-ambiental para repensar y renombrar los conflictos entre comunidades étnicas del Alto Cauca, Colombia

Vélez‐Torres, Irene

doi:10.21500/16578031.3058

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“…First, it focused on indigenous communication and excluded other groups traditionally marginalized by mass media, such as Afro‐Colombians, mestizo peasants, and the urban working class. Such legal privileges and exclusions have increased interethnic conflicts, creating divisions between social sectors (López Gómez 2014; Rosas 2013; Valencia 2015; Vélez‐Torres 2018). Second, the proposal did not directly tackle the Colombian mass media's broader problems, such as excessive monopolization of media production and ownership, and the general exclusion of popular sectors (Cortés 2016).…”

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The Quest for Indigenous Autonomy: Communication Media, Internal Conflicts, and Policy Reform in Colombia

Cortés

2021

J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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In 2013, the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) and the national government signed Agreement No. 547, which commissioned to the five main national indigenous organizations of the country the drafting of a bill to propel the strengthening of the indigenous media in Colombia. This political reform would represent a significant advance in the democratization of the historically monopolized and exclusive Colombian media landscape, thus fulfilling one of the mandates of the 1991 Colombian multicultural Constitution. However, due to internal conflicts within the indigenous leadership, these five organizations failed to present any bill to the Congress of the Republic of Colombia, wasting this historic opportunity. Based on this case, the discussion on "radical" Zapatista autonomy, and the concept of "indigenous utopias" proposed by Rappaport (2005) (rather than impossible dreams, objectives to strive for), this article argues that a robust autonomous indigenous governance depends on the constant search for a "utopian balance" between legal protections (centripetal forces) and de facto practices (centrifugal actions). [territorial autonomy, neoliberal state co-optation, indigenous media producers, de facto autonomous practices] R e s u m e n En 2013, la Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (ONIC) y el gobierno nacional firmaron el Acuerdo No. 547, el cual delegó a las cinco principales organizaciones indígenas nacionales del país la redacción de un proyecto de ley para impulsar el fortalecimiento de los medios de comunicación indígenas en Colombia. Esta reforma política representaría un avance significativo en la democratización del históricamente monopolizado y excluyente panorama mediático colombiano, cumpliendo así uno de los mandatos de la Constitución multicultural colombiana de 1991. Sin

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The Quest for Indigenous Autonomy: Communication Media, Internal Conflicts, and Policy Reform in Colombia

Cortés

2021

J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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“…Por otro lado, este escenario reviste particular importancia en un territorio interétnico donde, desde la década de 1970, las comunidades organizadas han disputado derechos culturales y territoriales diferenciados (Hristov, 2005;Restrepo, 2002). Una comprensión y acción del Estado que no contemple estas visiones e historias de lucha puede agitar los conflictos entre distintos grupos sociales que se enfrentan por acceder a bienes y servicios ambientales que se han hecho escasos en el territorio (Fernández, 2010;Vélez-Torres, 2018). Más aún, una implementación del Acuerdo de Paz que no contemple y, sobre todo, no instituya estos planes propios de ordenamiento del territorio corre el riesgo de llevar a un ejercicio autoritario de un Estado letrado, clasista y centralizado en Bogotá.…”

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Narrativas comunitárias e dinâmicas territoriais do processo de implementação do Acordo de Paz em Miranda, Cauca (2016-2018)

Vélez‐Torres¹

2019

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En cumplimiento del Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia, firmado en 2016, el municipio de Miranda (Cauca) fue uno de los espacios designados para la congregación y dejación de armas de la guerrilla más antigua de América Latina, las FARC-EP. Además, el municipio fue uno de los 170 priorizados por el Gobierno nacional para la implementación de una serie de mecanismos de ordenamiento territorial para la paz, incluyendo el Programa Nacional de Sustitución de Cultivos Ilícitos (PNIS). Este reporte de caso, textual y fotográfico, nace del acompañamiento realizado entre finales de 2016 y 2018 al proceso de implementación de varios de los compromisos firmados entre la guerrilla y el Gobierno. Desde una perspectiva profundamente etnográfica y territorial, este reporte exhibe de manera crítica las narrativas de fracaso que surgieron entre los excombatientes del Espacio Territorial de Capacitación y Reincorporación “Dagoberto Ortiz” en Monte Redondo, así como las dinámicas de las organizaciones sociales e instituciones de Gobierno en el proceso de construcción del Estado durante esta importante transición social y política.

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“…By focusing on territorial planning and peacebuilding, we are in line with Koopman’s (2019: 207) call for activist-academic work to focus on ‘what we are for’, rather than the more usual ‘what we are against’. Accordingly, despite inter-ethic conflicts having been widely documented in the region (Ospina, 2015; Vélez-Torres, 2018), we chose to see the differences between groups as an opportunity to address common challenges and develop collective ways of addressing these to promote inter-cultural and inter-ethnic planning for peace.…”

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Engaged pedagogic research: Transforming societies through co-learning and social action

Gough

Vélez‐Torres

Ruette-Orihuela

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Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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This paper proposes a novel political pedagogic approach to conducting engaged research. Drawing critically on elements of Participatory Action Research and popular education, this approach - Engaged Pedagogic Research (EPR) - generates processes of collective co-learning and empowerment for local communities and activist researchers. Central to conducting EPR are five processes: generating situated learning practices, recognizing alternative knowledges, engaging in inter-cultural and inter-ethnic dialogue, deconstructing power relations, and promoting empowerment and social action. The experiences of engaging in EPR through developing and running a Diploma in Territorial Planning to support peacebuilding in Colombia are discussed. Different social groups living in conflict areas gained new knowledge and built social relationships that strengthen collaborative action, while activist academics achieved a deeper understanding of how members of these cultural groups manage their territories, relate to each other, and develop visions for collaborative futures in the context of peacebuilding. By developing participatory, decolonized and transformative bridges to connect and engage universities with communities, EPR facilitates learning that is collectively created and has the potential to contribute to more just and egalitarian societies.

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Una mirada histórica y socio-ambiental para repensar y renombrar los conflictos entre comunidades étnicas del Alto Cauca, Colombia

Cited by 8 publications

References 23 publications

The Quest for Indigenous Autonomy: Communication Media, Internal Conflicts, and Policy Reform in Colombia

The Quest for Indigenous Autonomy: Communication Media, Internal Conflicts, and Policy Reform in Colombia

Narrativas comunitárias e dinâmicas territoriais do processo de implementação do Acordo de Paz em Miranda, Cauca (2016-2018)

Engaged pedagogic research: Transforming societies through co-learning and social action

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