"Indigenous community": contested of meanings

  • Carlos Cowan Ros Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomía
  • Beatriz Nussbaumer Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomía
Keywords: Community, Indigenous, Public Policies, Significance, Puna jujeña

Abstract

The paper analyses different meanings of community attributed by both agents involved in indigenous issues -in particular representatives of public institutions- and members of six villages of the Puna (Jujuy-Argentina) belonging to the kolla ethnic group. Given by reference the representations and practices of the villagers that allow the reconstruction of their meaning of community, the authors reflect on the convergences and divergences with the dominant representations of the public institutions as well as on certain areas of feedback in meanings' production between both spheres. Finally, we discuss certain aspects of the indigenous legislation that might not correlate with the modes of indigenous communities' reproduction and thus, could restrict the rights of their members.

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Author Biographies

Carlos Cowan Ros, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomía
Doctor, en Ciencias (Universidad Federal Rural de Río de Janeiro). Investigador asistente del CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomía
Beatriz Nussbaumer, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomía
Doctora en Ciencias Agronómicas (Universidad Humboldt, Berlín). Investigadora asistente del CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Agronomía
Published
2013-07-01
How to Cite
Ros, C. C., & Nussbaumer, B. (2013). "Indigenous community": contested of meanings. Cuadernos De antropología Social, (37), 109-137. https://doi.org/10.34096/cas.i37.1343
Section
Espacio Abierto - Artículos Originales