Mayan Rights and Community Video: a collaborative Anthropology Experience

An indigenous video archive in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala containing taped popular justice trials on the issue of Mayan rights inspired several anthropologists to develop a collaborative project along with indigenous mayors of the region. Santa Cruz del Quiché has been historically marked by c...

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Autor principal: Flores Arenales, Carlos Y.
Formato: Revistas
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2012
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/361
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description An indigenous video archive in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala containing taped popular justice trials on the issue of Mayan rights inspired several anthropologists to develop a collaborative project along with indigenous mayors of the region. Santa Cruz del Quiché has been historically marked by crime, violence, and the absence of official law enforcement agencies. The following material analyzes the possibilities and difficulties of a collaboration of this sort, emphasizing and theorizing on the use of video in indigenous practices, legal pluralism, modernity, alternative epistemology, intertextuality and collaborative anthropology.
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spelling iconos-article-3612024-04-23T17:55:32Z Mayan Rights and Community Video: a collaborative Anthropology Experience Derecho maya y video comunitario : experiencias de antropología colaborativa Flores Arenales, Carlos Y. Derecho indígena Video comunitario Pluralismo jurídico Antropología colaborativa Antropología Visual Guatemala Indigenous rights Community video Legal pluralism Collaborative Anthropology Visual Anthropology Indigenous rights community video legal pluralism collaborative anthropology visual anthropology Guatemala An indigenous video archive in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala containing taped popular justice trials on the issue of Mayan rights inspired several anthropologists to develop a collaborative project along with indigenous mayors of the region. Santa Cruz del Quiché has been historically marked by crime, violence, and the absence of official law enforcement agencies. The following material analyzes the possibilities and difficulties of a collaboration of this sort, emphasizing and theorizing on the use of video in indigenous practices, legal pluralism, modernity, alternative epistemology, intertextuality and collaborative anthropology. A partir del descubrimiento de un archivo de videos indígenas en Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, sobre juicios populares en la zona bajo el denominado “derecho maya”, se planteó la posibilidad de desarrollar un proyecto de colaboración antropológica con alcaldes indígenas de la región. El espacio donde se dio la interacción se ha caracterizado por una alta criminalidad y violencia social donde la presencia de la ley oficial es prácticamente nula. El presente material se refiere a las posibilidades y dificultades de tal colaboración, haciendo énfasis en la utilidad y usos del video en las prácticas de derecho indígena, a la vez que teoriza sobre el pluralismo jurídico, el video indígena, la modernidad, las epistemologías alternativas, la intertextualidad y la Antropología colaborativa. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2012-01-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/361 10.17141/iconos.42.2012.361 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 42 (2012): Dossier: Antropología visual en Latinoamérica; 71-88 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 42 (2012): Dossier: Antropología visual en Latinoamérica; 71-88 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 42 (2012): Dossier: Visual anthropology in Latin America; 71-88 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/361/348 Derechos de autor 2012 Carlos Y. Flores Arenales https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES
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Mayan Rights and Community Video: a collaborative Anthropology Experience
title Mayan Rights and Community Video: a collaborative Anthropology Experience
title_full Mayan Rights and Community Video: a collaborative Anthropology Experience
title_fullStr Mayan Rights and Community Video: a collaborative Anthropology Experience
title_full_unstemmed Mayan Rights and Community Video: a collaborative Anthropology Experience
title_short Mayan Rights and Community Video: a collaborative Anthropology Experience
title_sort mayan rights and community video: a collaborative anthropology experience
url https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/361