Mara Kaufman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3630113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mara Kaufman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mara |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaufman |
| SIGNATURE | KAUFMAN M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Politics of Encounter
A Politics of Encounter: Knowledge and Organizing in Common Mara Kaufman (bio) I want to begin with the relation of activism to academia not as a problem of the separation or conjunction between these realms but as a problem of practices and structures internal to both. We often assume that these are principally antagonistic and mutually distrustful fields, characterized by activist anti-intellectualism with regard to the academy and academic ske…
Sovereignty, Indigeneity, Territory
This essay examines the relationship between "autonomy" as practiced by the indigenous Zapatista communities of Chiapas, Mexico, and the Western juridical concept of sovereignty. By delineating the historical trajectory of the concept of sovereignty and its colonial origins, we attempt to highlight, in contrast, the radicality and innovation of the Zapatista concept of autonomy. Through an investigation of Zapatista political and territorial prac…
Sovereignty, Indigeneity, Territory
This essay examines the relationship between "autonomy" as practiced by the indigenous Zapatista communities of Chiapas, Mexico, and the Western juridical concept of sovereignty. By delineating the historical trajectory of the concept of sovereignty and its colonial origins, we attempt to highlight, in contrast, the radicality and innovation of the Zapatista concept of autonomy. Through an investigation of Zapatista political and territorial prac…
A Politics of Encounter
A Politics of Encounter: Knowledge and Organizing in Common Mara Kaufman (bio) I want to begin with the relation of activism to academia not as a problem of the separation or conjunction between these realms but as a problem of practices and structures internal to both. We often assume that these are principally antagonistic and mutually distrustful fields, characterized by activist anti-intellectualism with regard to the academy and academic ske…
Sovereignty, Indigeneity, Territory
This essay examines the relationship between "autonomy" as practiced by the indigenous Zapatista communities of Chiapas, Mexico, and the Western juridical concept of sovereignty. By delineating the historical trajectory of the concept of sovereignty and its colonial origins, we attempt to highlight, in contrast, the radicality and innovation of the Zapatista concept of autonomy. Through an investigation of Zapatista political and territorial prac…
A Politics of Encounter
A Politics of Encounter: Knowledge and Organizing in Common Mara Kaufman (bio) I want to begin with the relation of activism to academia not as a problem of the separation or conjunction between these realms but as a problem of practices and structures internal to both. We often assume that these are principally antagonistic and mutually distrustful fields, characterized by activist anti-intellectualism with regard to the academy and academic ske…
Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Autonomy (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works) · Decolonization (1 works) · Environmental ethics (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Framing (construction (1 works)