El territorio y su significado para los pueblos indígenas

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The current vision on territorial arrangement can be considered as a methodological manifestation, whose purpose is its own knowledge and efficient handling. Unfortunately, the application of the European model brings difficulties, since it doesn’t interpret the feel of the communities that habit the territory, especially the ethnic communities, whom fortunately occupy great part of it, as well as being considered natural reserves. For indigenous people, territorial occupation isn’t a mercantile object. Instead, it constitutes an integral way of life, where humans and the cosmos are a unity. However, this ancestral right is affected by violence, political, management and governmental strategies. Foreign intervention, globalization and the economic aperture, as well as other factors, also unbalance said unity. It is worthy to reflect upon the concept of land and territory and the interpretation of indigenous people regarding these topics, as well as its application in the territorial arrangement plans.

Keywords:

Etnia

Territorio

Pachamama

Resguardo

Ethnic group

Pachama (Mother Earth)

Indigenous reservation

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