DEVS 492 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Plebs, American Imperialism, Identity Politics
10 Nov 2016
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Conflict, claim and contradiction in the new (cid:494)indigenous(cid:495) state of bolivia. I propose a conceptual distinction between inclusive national indigeneity for the majority which seeks to co-opt the state and a concept for indigeneity for a minority which needs protection from the state. Only by looking at the kinds of claims people make through the rhetoric of indigeneity can we make sense of such indigenous conflict in bolivia and elsewhere. July 2011, a group of people representing the ethnic groups of the tsiminaes, moxetenes, and. Yuracares left tipnis, an officially recognized indigenous territory and national park with the intention of marching to the capital city of la paz in order to protest the construction of a road across their territory. But prevented from continuing by police on the grounds that they could not guarantee their safety from groups protesting in favour of the road and a violent confrontation ensued.
