Publication: Antropología y Derechos Humanos: multiculturalismo, retos y resignificaciones
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2010
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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A modo de introducción y presentación de este volumen monográfi co, se repasa la evolución y los principales objetos en juego de la Antropología de los Derechos Humanos tal como se presenta actualmente. Teniendo en cuenta la importancia adquirida por éstos como medio de expresión de las luchas sociales, de denuncia de las violaciones de distinta índole y de instrumento de promoción de equidad y de justicia social, se destaca su naturaleza fundamentalmente cultural, histórica y dinámica. Asimismo, se señalan las premisas epistemológicas y teóricas ligadas al desarrollo de esta perspectiva: excluyendo unos enfoques legalistas o culturalistas, se indican los cambios de paradigmas antropológicos, la naturaleza discursiva de los derechos humanos, la intervención de los agentes sociales, colectividades e instituciones locales en su adopción o recreación, así como sus consecuencias simbólicas y prácticas tanto en las personas como para las formas de convivencia.
In this introduction to the issue on Human Rights, we review the developments and what is at stake today in the field of Anthropology of Human Rights. Taking into account their importance as means of expression of social struggles, denouncements of any kind of violations and instruments for the promotion of justice and social change, we underline the cultural, historical and dynamic nature of Human Rights. Furthermore, we highlight the epistemological and theoretical assumptions tied to the development of this perspective: excluding some legal and cultural approaches, we present the changes in anthropological paradigms, the discursive nature of human rights, the involvement of social agents, communities and local organizations in its adoption or recreation, as well as the symbolic and practical consequences both for persons and ways of coexistence.
In this introduction to the issue on Human Rights, we review the developments and what is at stake today in the field of Anthropology of Human Rights. Taking into account their importance as means of expression of social struggles, denouncements of any kind of violations and instruments for the promotion of justice and social change, we underline the cultural, historical and dynamic nature of Human Rights. Furthermore, we highlight the epistemological and theoretical assumptions tied to the development of this perspective: excluding some legal and cultural approaches, we present the changes in anthropological paradigms, the discursive nature of human rights, the involvement of social agents, communities and local organizations in its adoption or recreation, as well as the symbolic and practical consequences both for persons and ways of coexistence.