成人大片

This talk traces the evolution and practice of a decade of activist research supporting Indigenous and Afro-Descendant peoples in the context of Colombia鈥檚 internal armed conflict. Emphasizing the importance of building relations & engaging in critical self-reflection, I describe an unlikely alliance between Indigenous & Afro-Descendant peoples towards territorial defense in the face of both legal and outlawed armed actors interested in extracting the gold riches from their ancestral territories. I discuss both autonomous and 鈥榠nter-ethnic鈥� strategies for survival and self-determination, and hone-in on the experience of the Embera Cham铆 Indigenous People of the Resguardo Ind铆gena Ca帽amomo Lomaprieta (Caldas) to examine the contested sovereignties & legalities of diverse actors vying to access & regulate the Embera Chami鈥檚 ancestral gold. Grounding my analysis in long-term, fine-grained ethnography of key moments in exercising Indigenous law, governance鈥攁nd ultimately, resurgence鈥擨 tease out implications for the theory and practice of legal pluralities; and for collaborative ethnography and research. Specifically, I argue the need for a sharper theoretical lens that makes visible & takes as a starting point the violent realities that shape day-to-day life for Indigenous peoples in Colombia, without losing analytical purchase on their extraordinary efforts towards Indigenous resurgence in this lethal context.

Viviane Weitzner, SSHRC Postdoctoral Researcher, McGill University