Desafiando Leviatãs: experiências indígenas com o desenvolvimento, o reconhecimento e os Estados

Abstract

The Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi presents the collection Desafiando to the public Leviathans: Indigenous experiences with development, recognition and the States, organized by anthropologists Claudia López, researcher of this institution, Elena Nava Morales, postdoctoral fellow at CIESAS-Pacífico Sur/Mexico, and by Cristhian Teófilo da Silva, professor of the Department of Latin American Studies (ELA) at the University of Brasília and researcher of the CNPq. The book is the result of dialogue between indigenous researchers and non-indigenous people, from Brazil and abroad, on problems faced by the indigenous peoples in Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, Ecuador and Mexico, which confers a continental scope for the themes analyzed here. The work brings together works resulting from rigorous empirical research and launches innovative analytical perspectives on indigenous participation in politics, its relationship with justice and the State and the obstacles generated the guarantee of indigenous rights by the hegemonic model of development. The works demonstrate, on the other hand, the collective struggle standing of indigenous peoples and movements for greater inclusion, recognition and participation in national societies and, on the other hand, the resistance of governments and states to embrace and implement rights indigenous peoples to their lands, resources and identity.