Cultivating the 'chagra' in times of conflict: the protagonists of war and the 'people in the center.' Manual work as a differentiator

This article tries to capture the relationship between the economic activities of the indigenous peoples in the central zone of the Caqueta River (Uitotos, Muinanes, Andokes, Nonuyas) & the means of production of the FARC guerrilla. These relations took place in times of the geopolitical junctur...

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Published inUniversitas humanística Vol. 66; no. 66; pp. 155 - 178
Main Author Tobon, Marco Alejandro
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published 01.07.2008
Subjects
Armed conflict
Armies
Colombia
Conflict
Cultural differences
Economic activity
Economic Policy
Everyday life
Geopolitics
Guerrillas
Indigenous Populations
Social life
Sociological analysis
Sociology
Subjectivity
War
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Summary:This article tries to capture the relationship between the economic activities of the indigenous peoples in the central zone of the Caqueta River (Uitotos, Muinanes, Andokes, Nonuyas) & the means of production of the FARC guerrilla. These relations took place in times of the geopolitical juncture stemming from the breakup of the peace dialogues between the Pastrana government & the FARC in 2002. Using descriptive means, the article discovers the political importance for local indigenous life that was created by "working" in midst of the guerrilla presence & the following attack by the Colombian army. Finally, the article points out that the economic encounters between insurgency & local residents were mediated not only by the distinct ways of conducting social life, but also by a series of interests, desires & different subjectivities that, in the framework of the armed conflict, reaffirm the condition of local residents as culturally differentiated subjects. Adapted from the source document.
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ISSN:0120-4807