Publication: Etnicidad y movilización política: la reconstrucción territorial y cultural en el resguardo yanacona de San Agustín en el departamento del Huila
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2016-05-25
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Esta tesis analiza los procesos de configuración de la etnicidad y la movilización política de la comunidad indígena yanacona de San Agustín, ubicada en el sur del departamento del Huila (Colombia). Para ello, hemos optado por una perspectiva político-antropológica que combina varias herramientas analíticas basadas en el uso de fuentes secundarias (actas, archivos, textos, informes, etc.) y testimonios orales recopilados en el trabajo de campo a partir de entrevistas no dirigidas y de la observación directa. Los indígenas yanaconas de San Agustín, provenientes del departamento del Cauca, configuran su etnicidad en el marco de un proceso político reivindicativo a partir de dos momentos: primero, el retorno a la cultura de origen, que permite refundar el proyecto social y político que caracteriza al yanacona en el nuevo territorio y, segundo, la ampliación y recreación de sus fronteras étnicas desde la apropiación cultural y de prácticas indígenas "externas" a las de la comunidad de origen. Sin embargo, dichos procesos de configuración de la etnicidad de los yanaconas de San Agustín reactivaron y generaron conflictos con el sector mestizo del lugar —políticos, alcaldes, hacendados y campesinos—, que afectaron al desarrollo del gobierno autónomo, pero también los llevaron a construir estrategias alternas, desde su doble condición de indígenas y ciudadanos, para hacer valer sus derechos. Para conseguir su primer objetivo, sus apuestas giraron alrededor del retorno a la vida comunitaria —trabajo organizativo bajo el horizonte de la comunalidad— y la reconstrucción de su pasado cultural y la memoria colectiva. Para ello, fueron claves, por un lado, las directrices político-culturales de la "yanaconicidad" —lineamientos fundados por líderes indígenas del departamento del Cauca que buscaban la unión y reorganización política de su pueblo— y, por otro, las "mingas de pensamiento" —jornadas de socialización colectiva— en las que los mayores y mayoras fueron construyendo la memoria colectiva del grupo...
This thesis focuses on the processes that have enabled the configuration of ethnicity and the political mobilization of the Yanacona indigenous community of San Agustin, in the south of Huila Department of Colombia. We have opted for a political-anthropological approach which combines several analytical tools based on secondary sources (minutes, records, reports, etc.) and oral testimonies collected during the field work through non-structured interviews and direct observation. The Yanacona community of San Agustín, originally from Cauca Department, conform their ethnicity within the framework of a political claiming process which has two key goals: firstly, the return to the culture of origin, which allows relaunching the social and political project of the Yanaconas in the new territory; and secondly, the expansion and recreation of ethnic boundaries through the appropriation of the culture and indigenous practices that are "external" to those of their community of origin. Such ethnicity configuration processes carried out by the Yanaconas of San Agustín, reactivated and generated conflicts with the mestizo population of the area —politicians, landowners, peasants—, which affected the development of the autonomous government but, at the same time, also led them to build up alternative strategies on the basis of their double social condition —indigenous people and citizens—, so as to demand their rights be upheld...
This thesis focuses on the processes that have enabled the configuration of ethnicity and the political mobilization of the Yanacona indigenous community of San Agustin, in the south of Huila Department of Colombia. We have opted for a political-anthropological approach which combines several analytical tools based on secondary sources (minutes, records, reports, etc.) and oral testimonies collected during the field work through non-structured interviews and direct observation. The Yanacona community of San Agustín, originally from Cauca Department, conform their ethnicity within the framework of a political claiming process which has two key goals: firstly, the return to the culture of origin, which allows relaunching the social and political project of the Yanaconas in the new territory; and secondly, the expansion and recreation of ethnic boundaries through the appropriation of the culture and indigenous practices that are "external" to those of their community of origin. Such ethnicity configuration processes carried out by the Yanaconas of San Agustín, reactivated and generated conflicts with the mestizo population of the area —politicians, landowners, peasants—, which affected the development of the autonomous government but, at the same time, also led them to build up alternative strategies on the basis of their double social condition —indigenous people and citizens—, so as to demand their rights be upheld...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, leída el 03-12-2015