Joanne Rappaport Joanne Rappaport Walter D. Mignolo
Although only 2 percent of Colombia s population identifies as indigenous, that figure belies the significance of the country s indigenous movement. More than a quarter of the Colombian national territory belongs to indigenous groups, and 80 percent of the country s mineral resources are located in native-owned lands. In this innovative ethnography, Joanne Rappaport draws on research she has conducted in Colombia over the past decade and particularly on her collaborations with activists to explore the country s multifaceted indigenous movement, which, after almost 35 years, continues to press...
Although only 2 percent of Colombia s population identifies as indigenous, that figure belies the significance of the country s indigenous movement. M...
This is the first book in English profiling the work of a research collective that evolved around the notion of "coloniality," understood as the hidden agenda and the darker side of modernity and whose members are based in South America and the United States. The project called for an understanding of modernity not from modernity itself but from its darker side, coloniality, and proposes the de-colonization of knowledge as an epistemological restitution with political and ethical implications.
Epistemic decolonization, or de-coloniality, becomes the horizon to imagine and act toward...
This is the first book in English profiling the work of a research collective that evolved around the notion of "coloniality," understood as the hi...
Reckoning with Pinochet is the first comprehensive account of how Chile came to terms with General Augusto Pinochet s legacy of human rights atrocities. An icon among Latin America s dirty war dictators, Pinochet had ruled with extreme violence while building a loyal social base. Hero to some and criminal to others, the general cast a long shadow over Chile s future. Steve J. Stern recounts the full history of Chile s democratic reckoning, from the negotiations in 1989 to chart a post-dictatorship transition; through Pinochet s arrest in London in 1998; the thirtieth anniversary, in...
Reckoning with Pinochet is the first comprehensive account of how Chile came to terms with General Augusto Pinochet s legacy of human rights at...
Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh introduce the concept of decoloniality by providing a theoretical overview and discussing concrete examples of decolonial projects in action.
Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh introduce the concept of decoloniality by providing a theoretical overview and discussing concrete examples o...
Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh introduce the concept of decoloniality by providing a theoretical overview and discussing concrete examples of decolonial projects in action.
Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh introduce the concept of decoloniality by providing a theoretical overview and discussing concrete examples o...
