Resumen

VELEZ-TORRES, Irene. A historical and socio-environmental look to rethink and to rename the conflict among the ethnic communities of Alto Cauca, Colombia. Ágora U.S.B. [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.1, pp.38-54. ISSN 1657-8031.  https://doi.org/10.21500/16578031.3058.

This article analyzes the conflict among ethnic communities of Alto Cauca and it suggests that, rather than radical differences based on ethnic or cultural identity, the origin of these conflicts is related to historical impoverishment of rural communities, the dispossession of environmental goods, such as the land, gold, and unresolved difficulties of multicultural governance in Colombia. It is argued that the conflicts, which take place in Alto Cauca should be considered social and environmental, and their area of analysis should be expanded beyond the rural poor inhabitants to other actors and interests that mediate the looting of ethnic communities.

Palabras clave : Ethnic Communities; Environmental Conflict; Social Conflict; Poverty..

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