In a recent interview, Denis de Moraes, Associate Professor at the Cultural and Media Studies Department of the Universidad Federal Fluminense of Rio de Janiero, Brazil, described Latin America as a continent which today represents “a laboratory of hope for the democratization of...
The youngest mechanism for Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations is the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP). Established in 2007 by the Human Rights Council, the Expert Mechanism provides the Council with thematic advice in the form of studies...
“Desde principios de la década de los noventa, numerosas ONGS en el Perú han introducido la capacitación y/o formación de líderes como tarea prioritaria (…) El peso que va asumiendo esta particular apuesta por el desarrollo, llevó a que … se considerara pertinente...
“La rebelión la hicieron nuestros padres, ahora la revolución lo hacen y lo harán los hijos, porque nuestros padres no tuvieron la oportunidad de conocer la verdadera historia (…) aquella que nos habla de los indios, los campesinos y los originarios” (Omar Ramírez,...
At the contemporary historical moment, innovations in networked digital technologies are rapidly diffusing around the world, impacting terrains of economics and politics, languages, mobilities, and cultures. As part of this process, organizations are establishing infrastructures and services in indigenous territories. These developments are...
This article analyzes the sites of struggle through which First Peoples have negotiated communication and cultural rights for broadcasting (1991), telecommunications, and Internet infrastructure in rural and remote indigenous communities in Canada’s Northern territories, focusing mainly though not exclusively, on Nunavut, the Inuit...
