Les Mhuysqas de Cota dans le tournant de la reconnaissance

This article analyses the actions implemented by the Mhuysqa’s indigenous community of Cota in order to be officially recognized by the Colombian State as a resguardo indígena. Their claims are opposed to non-recognition of communities and peoples who do not bring all ethnic parameters usually deman...

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Main Author: Diego Fernández Varas
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Language:English
Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2013-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/11525
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description This article analyses the actions implemented by the Mhuysqa’s indigenous community of Cota in order to be officially recognized by the Colombian State as a resguardo indígena. Their claims are opposed to non-recognition of communities and peoples who do not bring all ethnic parameters usually demanded by the Colombian State, mainly the characteristics of « socio-cultural difference » with the majority society. Based on practices observed during our ethnographic work in the community of Cota, the concepts of recognition and strategy help us analyse the problem of ethnic groups in this country. We will try to show the paradoxes associated with status of « ethnic group » like a juridical category in a multiethnic and multicultural State.
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spelling doaj-art-f894e668b36d4591beab5c9a804a55f62025-08-20T03:18:04ZengSociété Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of GeographyBelgeo1377-23682294-91352013-12-01310.4000/belgeo.11525Les Mhuysqas de Cota dans le tournant de la reconnaissanceDiego Fernández VarasThis article analyses the actions implemented by the Mhuysqa’s indigenous community of Cota in order to be officially recognized by the Colombian State as a resguardo indígena. Their claims are opposed to non-recognition of communities and peoples who do not bring all ethnic parameters usually demanded by the Colombian State, mainly the characteristics of « socio-cultural difference » with the majority society. Based on practices observed during our ethnographic work in the community of Cota, the concepts of recognition and strategy help us analyse the problem of ethnic groups in this country. We will try to show the paradoxes associated with status of « ethnic group » like a juridical category in a multiethnic and multicultural State.https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/11525ethnic groupstrategyrecognitionMhuysqaColombia
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Les Mhuysqas de Cota dans le tournant de la reconnaissance
Belgeo
ethnic group
strategy
recognition
Mhuysqa
Colombia
title Les Mhuysqas de Cota dans le tournant de la reconnaissance
title_full Les Mhuysqas de Cota dans le tournant de la reconnaissance
title_fullStr Les Mhuysqas de Cota dans le tournant de la reconnaissance
title_full_unstemmed Les Mhuysqas de Cota dans le tournant de la reconnaissance
title_short Les Mhuysqas de Cota dans le tournant de la reconnaissance
title_sort les mhuysqas de cota dans le tournant de la reconnaissance
topic ethnic group
strategy
recognition
Mhuysqa
Colombia
url https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/11525
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