Abstract

GONZALEZ TERREROS, María Isabel. Cultural differences in the global world: unresolved issues for indigenous people from Latin America. Folios [online]. 2009, n.30, pp.75-88. ISSN 0123-4870.

The world, particularly Latin America, is living several cultural processes of tension and dispute, which are the result of the conflict between globalization (that implies universal perspectives and policies), and the claims of indigenous communities which seek to achieve recognition of their differences and the right to their own identities. In this sense, the present paper aims to analyze the different tensions in which indigenous people are immersed, in the context of globalization. These tensions are related, first, to international and national policies that encompass indigenous people; secondly, to manifestations and demands of indigenous movements for the recognition of their cultural identity; and finally, to the tension itself in which collective identity is involved, in the context of a globalized world.

Keywords : Indigenous people; identity; cultural difference; globalization; multiculturalism.

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