BETWEEN TRADITION AND MODERNITY: THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS
HISTORICALLY, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE AMERICAS; EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLES AND THE FORMATION OF NATIONAL STATES. NEVERTHELESS, OFFICIAL HISTORIES HAVE MAINTAINED AN INTERPRETIVE BIAS BY FAILING TO INCLUDE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR LEADING ROLE.
THE SYMPOSIUM SEEKS TO BE A SPACE FOR REFLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS. IT AIMS TO ADDRESS, FROM DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, THE CHANGES AND CONTINUITIES IN CULTURE, IDENTITY, LANGUAGE, TERRITORY, POLITICS, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, MIGRATION, CULTURAL HERITAGE, LOCAL AND REGIONAL HISTORY, SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS, AND ETHNIC MOVEMENTS, AS WELL AS DECOLONIAL PROPOSALS, BUEN VIVIR, VIVIR BIEN, COMMUNALITY, INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, AND THE RIGHTS OF NATURE.
IN THIS SENSE, THE PROTAGONISTS OF THIS SYMPOSIUM ARE THE PEOPLES THEMSELVES, THE PROBLEMS THEY CURRENTLY FACE, AND THEIR LEGACIES. ANALYZING THE CHANGES AND CONTINUITIES IN THEIR HISTORY, CULTURE, AND LANGUAGE WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO REASSESS THE NEW ROLE THEY ARE PLAYING ON THE CONTINENT AND IN THE WORLD, AND THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE VIS-À-VIS THE WESTERN MODEL. FOR THIS REASON, PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED THAT, FROM ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES, GENDER STUDIES, ECONOMICS, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND OTHER FIELDS, SHED LIGHT ON AND CONTRIBUTE TO EXPLAINING THE PHENOMENA IMMERSED IN TRADITION, MODERNITY, AND INNOVATION.
