Indigenous peoples and autonomy : insights for a global age / edited by Mario Blaser ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blaser, Mario, 1966-

Series:

Globalization and autonomy.

Globalization & autonomy series, 1913-7494

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Government relations.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Politics and government.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Globalization.

Globalization--Political aspects.

Autonomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the UN adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, it brought the negative effect of globalization on the lives of Indigenous peoples to the centre of public debate. The contributors to this innovative collection extend the discussion by asking what can Indigenous peoples' experiences with and thoughts on globalization tell us about the relationship between globalization and autonomy and the meaning of the concepts themselves? Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy brings together scholars from multiple disciplines and backgrounds who seek answers to this question in grounded case studies. Whether the focus is on sea rights among Torres Strait Islanders, James Bay Cree co-governance, the transformation of East Cree spirituality, or the co-optation of linguistics by Mayan activists, each chapter opens a window to view how Iindigenous people are engaging with and challenging globalization and Western views of autonomy.

Contents:

Reconfiguring the web of life : indigenous peoples, relationality, and globalization / Mario Blaser ... [et. al.]

Ayllu : decolonial critical thinking and (an)other autonomy / Marcelo Fernandez Osco

Neoliberal governance and James Bay Cree governance : negotiated agreements, oppositional struggles, and co-governance / Harvey A. Feit

Global linguistics, Mayan languages, and the cultivation of autonomy / Erich Fox Tree

Global activism and changing identities : interconnecting the global and the local : the Grand Council of the Crees and the Saami Council / Kristina Maud Bergeron

Indigenous perspectives on globalization : self-determination through autonomous media creation / Rebeka Tabobondung

Reconfiguring Mare nullius : Torres Strait Islanders, indigenous sea rights, and the divergence of domestic and international norms / Colin Scott and Monica Mulrennan

Making alternatives visible : the meaning of autonomy for the Mapuche of Cholchol (Ngulumapu, Chile) / Pablo Mariman Quemenado

Twentieth-century transformations of East Cree spirituality and autonomy / Richard J. "Dick" Preston

International order of hope : Zapatismo and the fourth world war / Alex Khasnabish.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-276) and index.

ISBN:

9786613335579

0-7748-1794-1

1-283-33557-3

OCLC:

750230007