Stener Ekern
Biographic Data
| ID | 312206 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stener Ekern |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stener |
| FAMILY NAME | Ekern |
| SIGNATURE | EKERN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Introduction
Between relations and rights
This article discusses indigenous autonomy and legal pluralism in Guatemala. It explores how local governing practices are increasingly being based on written, constitution-like statutes with an emergent focus on “rights”, replacing oral traditions focussed on relations. It argues that notwithstanding this great change, communal authorities continue to function as a principal medium for articulating indigenous sovereignty by appropriating a vital…
Towards a Mayan Theory of Human Rights
Much discussion about human rights and indigenous peoples centres on the asymmetric relations between vulnerable groups and powerful states. This is so not least in Guatemala, where different Mayan-speaking groups live in the aftermath of a brutal war even as the country goes through a peace process underpinned by human rights considerations. However, the associated focus on relations and group rights comes at the cost of overlooking the reservoi…
Human rights and World Heritage
The Production of Autonomy
The Mayan Indians of Guatemala share the burdens of local government by taking on a set of public duties, thereby maintaining community cohesion as well as political autonomy. This article analyses recent changes in thiscargosystem in a context defined by development, new representations of 'Mayanness', and multicultural politics. It shows how sovereignty - grounded in a distinct philosophy of leadership that generates meaningful self-rule - is c…
The modernizing bias of human rights
This article analyses selected cases of mass killings and genocide during the civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1980s and the way in which the truth commissions in both countries reframed locally grounded narratives to fit the state-centred language of human rights. Redefining wrongdoings as human rights violations produces stories that communicate poorly with local worldviews because the 'truths' that human rights language proposes …
Utvikling, eierskap og politikk
Street Power
Human rights and World Heritage
The Production of Autonomy
The Mayan Indians of Guatemala share the burdens of local government by taking on a set of public duties, thereby maintaining community cohesion as well as political autonomy. This article analyses recent changes in thiscargosystem in a context defined by development, new representations of 'Mayanness', and multicultural politics. It shows how sovereignty - grounded in a distinct philosophy of leadership that generates meaningful self-rule - is c…
Introduction
Towards a Mayan Theory of Human Rights
Much discussion about human rights and indigenous peoples centres on the asymmetric relations between vulnerable groups and powerful states. This is so not least in Guatemala, where different Mayan-speaking groups live in the aftermath of a brutal war even as the country goes through a peace process underpinned by human rights considerations. However, the associated focus on relations and group rights comes at the cost of overlooking the reservoi…
The modernizing bias of human rights
This article analyses selected cases of mass killings and genocide during the civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1980s and the way in which the truth commissions in both countries reframed locally grounded narratives to fit the state-centred language of human rights. Redefining wrongdoings as human rights violations produces stories that communicate poorly with local worldviews because the 'truths' that human rights language proposes …
Street Power
Utvikling, eierskap og politikk
The modernizing bias of human rights
This article analyses selected cases of mass killings and genocide during the civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1980s and the way in which the truth commissions in both countries reframed locally grounded narratives to fit the state-centred language of human rights. Redefining wrongdoings as human rights violations produces stories that communicate poorly with local worldviews because the 'truths' that human rights language proposes …
The Production of Autonomy
The Mayan Indians of Guatemala share the burdens of local government by taking on a set of public duties, thereby maintaining community cohesion as well as political autonomy. This article analyses recent changes in thiscargosystem in a context defined by development, new representations of 'Mayanness', and multicultural politics. It shows how sovereignty - grounded in a distinct philosophy of leadership that generates meaningful self-rule - is c…
Human rights and World Heritage
Towards a Mayan Theory of Human Rights
Much discussion about human rights and indigenous peoples centres on the asymmetric relations between vulnerable groups and powerful states. This is so not least in Guatemala, where different Mayan-speaking groups live in the aftermath of a brutal war even as the country goes through a peace process underpinned by human rights considerations. However, the associated focus on relations and group rights comes at the cost of overlooking the reservoi…
Between relations and rights
This article discusses indigenous autonomy and legal pluralism in Guatemala. It explores how local governing practices are increasingly being based on written, constitution-like statutes with an emergent focus on “rights”, replacing oral traditions focussed on relations. It argues that notwithstanding this great change, communal authorities continue to function as a principal medium for articulating indigenous sovereignty by appropriating a vital…
Introduction
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Human rights (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Autonomy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Multiculturalism (3 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (3 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 works)