Territories, Mega-Mining and the Defence of Indigenous Cultural and Natural

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_1200
dc.contributor.author	Gasparello Giovanna
dc.title	Territories, Mega-Mining and the Defence of Indigenous Cultural and Natural Heritage: Case Studies from Mexico
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This paper addresses the relationship between the defence of Indigenous territories against mining processes and the defence of their cultures and both daily and ritual manifestations. This is a mutually strengthening relationship that is based on the cultural significance of territory and the territorial roots of cultural practices. I describe two cases of the different uses of the demand for cultural recognition as a means for territorial defence in Mexico. The Wixárika people have claimed the sacred territory of Wirikuta as ICH, appealing to national and international institutions for its protection. The peoples of the Montaña Region of Guerrero appealed at Land Law and for the right to free, prior and informed consultation, while rejecting institutional projects of territorial protection.
dc.relation.ispartof	Sapere l’Europa, sapere d’Europa
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2017-12-31
dc.dateAccepted	2017-03-21
dc.dateSubmitted	2016-12-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-225-3/territories-mega-mining-and-the-defence-of-indigen/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-052-5/SE-4-13
dc.identifier.issn	2611-0040
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9247
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-225-3
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-179-9
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Indigenous people
dc.subject	Indigenous people
dc.subject	Mexico
dc.subject	Mexico
dc.subject	Mining
dc.subject	Mining

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Territories, Mega-Mining and the Defence of Indigenous Cultural and Natural Heritage: Case Studies from Mexico

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This paper addresses the relationship between the defence of Indigenous territories against mining processes and the defence of their cultures and both daily and ritual manifestations. This is a mutually strengthening relationship that is based on the cultural significance of territory and the territorial roots of cultural practices. I describe two cases of the different uses of the demand for cultural recognition as a means for territorial defence in Mexico. The Wixárika people have claimed the sacred territory of Wirikuta as ICH, appealing to national and international institutions for its protection. The peoples of the Montaña Region of Guerrero appealed at Land Law and for the right to free, prior and informed consultation, while rejecting institutional projects of territorial protection.

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Dec. 31, 2017

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March 21, 2017

Submitted

Dec. 20, 2016

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978-88-6969-225-3

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978-88-6969-179-9

Keywords: Mexico • Indigenous people • Mining

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