A pluriverse case study of indigenous resistance among the Nasa people in northeast Cauca, Abya Yala
(2024) MIDM19 20241Department of Human Geography
LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management
- Abstract
- Against a backdrop of social and political crises, the indigenous Nasa peoples from north and eastern Cauca engage in a strategy of resistance, which I argue is blossoming into an example of the pluriverse. Pluriversal politics revolve around the imperative and the options for alternatives to development which transform global hegemonic systems. Through a reflexive and attempted decolonial methodology, I document in the form of a case study the ways in which the Nasa forms of resistance might constitute a transformative initiative. This term is used by post-development thinkers to analyse instances of decolonial options and the pluriverse in practice. I learnt of three key strategies of resistance: an indigenous educational revolution,... (More)
- Against a backdrop of social and political crises, the indigenous Nasa peoples from north and eastern Cauca engage in a strategy of resistance, which I argue is blossoming into an example of the pluriverse. Pluriversal politics revolve around the imperative and the options for alternatives to development which transform global hegemonic systems. Through a reflexive and attempted decolonial methodology, I document in the form of a case study the ways in which the Nasa forms of resistance might constitute a transformative initiative. This term is used by post-development thinkers to analyse instances of decolonial options and the pluriverse in practice. I learnt of three key strategies of resistance: an indigenous educational revolution, community activism against globalised representations of capital, and an advancement of food autonomy. Their experience and efforts contribute to the growing mosaic of alternatives across the world, from which other movements and people can gain inspiration and knowledge from. (Less)
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- McGirr, Isaac
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- MIDM19 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- post-development, pluriverse, pluriversal politics, postdevelopment, indigenous, resistance, alternatives to development, decolonial, racism, race, globalisation, capitalism, feminism, food autonomy, food sovereignty, education, case study, modernity, activism, direct action
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- English
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