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Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy Insights for a Global Age

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ISBN-10: 0774817933

ISBN-13: 9780774817936

Edition: 2010

Authors: Mario Blaser, Ravi De Costa, Deborah McGregor, William D. Coleman

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When the UN adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, it brought the negative effect of globalization on the lives of Indigenous peoples to the center of public debate. The contributors to this innovative collection consider Indigenous peoples' experiences with and thoughts on globalization and the relationship between globalization and autonomy. Whether its focus is sea rights among Torres Strait Islanders, James Bay Cree co-governance, the transformation of East Cree spirituality, or the co-optation of linguistics by Mayan activists, each chapter opens a window to view how Indigenous people are engaging with and challenging globalization and Western views of…    
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Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Publication date: 1/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Mario Blaser is Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Studies at Memorial University. Ravi de Costa is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University. Deborah McGregor is an associate professor in geography, planning, and Aboriginal studies at the University of Toronto. William D. Coleman is a professor and Center for International Governance Innovation Chair in Globalization and Public Policy at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.

Preface
Introduction
Reconfiguring the Web of Life: Indigenous Peoples, Relationality, and Globalization
Ayllu: Decolonial Critical Thinking and (An)other Autonomy
Emergences
Neoliberal Governance and James Bay Cree Governance: Negotiated Agreements, Oppositional Struggles, and Co-Governance
Global Linguistics, Mayan Languages, and the Cultivation of Autonomy
Global Activism and Changing Identities: Interconnecting the Global and the Local -- The Grand Council of the Crees and the Saami Council
Indigenous Perspectives on Globalization: Self-Determination through Autonomous Media Creation
Reconfiguring Mare Nullius: Torres Strait Islanders, Indigenous Sea Rights, and the Divergence of Domestic and International Norms
Absences
Making Alternatives Visible: The Meaning of Autonomy for the Mapuche of Cholchol (Ngulumapu, Chile)
Twentieth-Century Transformations of East Cree Spirituality and Autonomy
Hope
The International Order of Hope: Zapatismo and the Fourth World War
Afterword
Works Cited
Contributors
Index