ANTH 4340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Indigenous Rights, Paradigm Shift, Neoliberalism
18 Apr 2021
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Her work focuses on social movements indigenous rights and activist research. The global indigenous movement & paradigm wars . Methodologically escarcega takes an activist research approach which she ties into efforts to decolonize research. She writes that in taking a collaborative approach to research with indigenous peoples that is also driven by solidarity and shared political commitments, activist research promotes horizontality. Escarcega begins her article by outlining some of the context of the contemporary global indigenous movement. Indigenous territories and to incorporate indigenous peoples into decision-making at all levels. Moving onto her analysis: escarcega presents three key points that contribute to her analysis: 1. 134 she also clarifies what she means by the term, paradigm, she says it is a set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that pertain to a specific yet unbounded worldview of an imagined community of actors.
