... of binary explanations of power and resistance. It finds that the outcomes of black organizing are contradictory and contingent on different factors. Afro-Colombians have gained remarkable national and global visibility partly because of Colombia’s official multiculturalism, and of Law 70 of 1993, which...

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... methodology ethics activism action research Afro-Colombia ...

... ethnic identity territory land rights Colombian Constitution Afro-Colombia ...

... Fals Borda, in particular the latter’s participatory action research. methodology ethics activism action research Afro-Colombia ...

.... The prologue examines the ensuing legislation, in particular Law 70 of 1993, and briefly discusses some black community organizations that formed to press the state over collective land rights in the Pacific Coast region. Colombia Law 70 Afro-Colombia black communities Pacific Coast ...

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... that the community councils, far from being mere administrative bodies, are complex spaces of negotiation among these various actors. ethnic identity territory land rights Colombian Constitution Afro-Colombia ...

... history; and an extract from the writings of Camilo Torres, who advocated revolution. Religious Pluralities<subtitle>Faith, Intolerance, Politics, and Accommodation</subtitle> Catholicism in Colombia Judaism in Colombia Afro-Colombians Albalucia Ángel Camilo Torres ...

... were part of the Jiménez de Quesada expedition against the Muiscas; and an extract from the 1991 Constitution recognizing the possibility of collective land titles for Afro-Colombians. Also translated here are a bill of sale for an enslaved African girl, descriptions of frontier zones, and texts...

... This chapter develops the concept of the “aquatic space” as an assemblage of always shifting relations in which everyday life patterns in Colombia’s Pacific Coast region are deeply entangled with a range of aquatic elements, such as intricate river networks, streams, mangrove swamps, high levels...

... reaction. extractivism mining conflicts referendum farmer communities Peru This chapter critically examines the strategies and achievements of Afro-Colombian social movements from the late 1980s to 2000. Informed by Gramsci’s insights about the relationship between the state and civil...