The Quest for Indigenous Autonomy
Communication Media, Internal Conflicts, and Policy Reform in Colombia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2285183 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diego Mauricio Cortés (0000-0001-7735-1296, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-103 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1935-4932 • E-ISSN: 1935-4940 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jlca.12534 |
| OpenAlex | W3138168840 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
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
Autonomy · Constitution · Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratization · Economics · Government (linguistics · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Cultural and political discourse analysis · History and Politics in Latin America · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration
Comparing Processes
Multiculturalism in Latin America
Colombian social leaders, Covid-19, and the US
Por qué erradicamos? Entre bastiones de poder, cultura, y narcotráfico
Linguistics and Indigenous American Languages
Self-Governance in Bolivia’s First Indigenous Autonomy
Anarchism, The Zapatistas and The Global Solidarity Movement
The pragmatic politics of media reform
Evangelical indigenous radio stations in Colombia
The Cultural Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Control Over Health Care in the Midst of Neoliberal Reforms in Colombia
Historia de los conflictos interétnicos por el territorio en Chocó y Norte del Cauca. Su incidencia en la política de restitución de tierras, 2011
Representación indígena en el periodismo colombiano
Intercultural Utopias
Zapatismo as a Resonant Public Pedagogy
Roles y estrategias de los gobiernos indígenas en el sistema de salud colombiano
Dilemmas of Democratisation
Legalizing Indigenous Self-Determination
Practicing autonomy
Indigenous Territorial Autonomy in Latin America
The Hour of Autonomy
Indigenous governance
Resistencia para que? Territory, autonomy and neoliberal entanglements in the 'empty spaces' of Central America
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |