082 - Thematic Session. Indigenous Movements in the 21st Century

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

In the face of global capitalism, conditions for indigenous communities have worsen and organizing to against exclusion and dispossession have taken on diverse strategies around the world. Unlike previous indigenous movements, the new movements call for all countries to recognize the rights of indigenous populations, including the right to self-determination, and the right to preserve their culture and heritage.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Sessions

Session Organizer

• Mary Romero, Arizona State University

Presider

• Megan Ybarra, University of Washington

Panelist

• Angela A. Gonzales, Cornell University

Individual Presentations

• The Indigenous Movement and Progress in Brazil: The Need to Redefine Modernity - Jonathan Warren, University of Washington

• Protectors not Protesters: Indigenous Resurgence Movements In Hawai’i and Beyond - Noelani Goodyear-Kaopua, University of Hawaii

• Lateral Movements Up: How Appropriating New Cultural Practices Vitalize Indigenous Sociocultural Standings in Highland Peru - Arthur Scarritt, Boise State University