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Stuck in the Middle

Indigenous Interpreters and the Politics of Vernacularizing Prior Consultation in Peru

Bibliographic Data

ID2285018
AuthorsRiccarda Flemmer (0000-0002-4234-2864, German Institute for Global and Area Studies, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume23
Issue3
Pages521-540
Publication date2018-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1935-4932 • E-ISSN: 1935-4940
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jlca.12365
OpenAlexW2891783244
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited30

Las consultas previas no deberían ser concebidas como diálogos interculturales sino como luchas sobre la interpretación de derechos. Un aspecto no atendido ni por la política, ni por la literatura es que en estos procesos, los intermediarios-en este caso intérpretes indígenas-tienen la posición de ser mucho más que traductores lingüísticos. Applicando la idea de vernacularization entendido como la traducción de derechos de Sally Engle Merry a este nuevo ámbito, la presión política sobre las personas quienes contribuyen a estas interpretaciones vernáculas de derechos es evidente: son actores políticos en posiciones de brokerage para el entendimiento de derechos. Basado en trabajo de campo etnográfico en la Amazonía Peruana (2013-2014), muestro que los intérpretes indígenas están atascados "en el medio" de las tensiones políticas y simultáneamente tienen que ser intermediarios de conocimientos, cultura y poder. Sin saberlo, llevan todo el peso de la disputa (inter)nacional sobre las interpretaciones estatales e indígenas de la consulta previa. [Amazonia, derechos humanos, pueblos indígenas, ley, Perú, consulta previa

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