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Dealing with Diversity in the Construction of Indigenous Autonomy in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca
Author(s) -
MENDOZA ZUANY ROSA GUADALUPE
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2008.00274.x
Subject(s) - autonomy , appropriation , indigenous , politics , ethnic group , diversity (politics) , sociology , reproduction , regional autonomy , political science , geography , anthropology , law , ecology , epistemology , philosophy , biology
Building autonomy in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca has not depended on the development of Zapotec ethnic identities, isolation or rejection of the integration of outsiders into the communities. The communities of Ixtlán and Guelatao have developed strong local identities and strategies related to the appropriation of external legal categories, and the combination of these with their own customary practices to integrate newcomers into their social, political and economic organisation. Dialogue has been one of the main tools for building autonomy and achieve the integration of outsiders, while continuing the dynamic reproduction of their internal organisation and way of life.