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""The heritage of Indigenous Peoples has long been researched and commented upon from the outside. This book adopts an innovative approach by engaging with the heritage of Indigenous Peoples from the ‘inside’. On 13th September 2007, member states of the United Nations adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), a momentous occasion marking wide political recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights. Ten years on, this book explores the areas –both substantive and geographic– dealing with the heritage and rights of Indigenous Peoples globally. Written jointly by indigenous and non-indigenous scholars, the chapters offer an insight into the issues faced by Indigenous Peoples under the umbrella themes of land, spirituality and self-determination. The case studies – which span four continents – not only highlight the various resilient and imaginative ways in which Indigenous Peoples are managing to sustain, develop and transform their heritage, but also offer an insight into the areas where the implementation of UNDRIP is most needed. On the 10th anniversary of UNDRIP, this book therefore serves as a clarion call to states, transnational enterprises and policymakers to act in accordance with the tenets of the UN Declaration and take indigenous perspectives, ontologies and worldviews seriously.""

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Author:   Manual May Castillo ,  Strecker
Publisher:   Leiden University Press
Imprint:   Leiden University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 40.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   1.179kg
ISBN:  

9789087282998

ISBN 10:   9087282990
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   01 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents List of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgements Prologue: the Ideas, Events and People Behind this Book; Manuel May Castillo 1. The Indigenous Condition: An Introductory Note; Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez LAND 2. Protection of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Cultural and Environmental Rights in Suriname: Challenges in the Implementation of the Judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Saramaka Case and Subsequent Decisions; Anna Meijknecht and Bas Rombouts 3. Projected Futures for the Orang Rimba of Sumatra (Indonesia); Gerard A. Persoon and Ekoningtyas Margu Wardani 4. Environmental Degradation and Resource Extraction in the Niger Delta: Rights of Indigenous People; Ebun Abolarin 5. Living in Contaminated Land: Ecological Struggles to (Re)claim the Land in Contemporary Guadeloupe and Martinique; Malcom Ferdinand 6. Contemporary Contentions of Ancestral Land Rights among Indigenous Kin-groups in the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia; Juniator Tulius HERITAGE AND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 7. Madre Milpa, Modified Maize, and More: Conflict and Transnational Colonialism in the Highlands of Guatemala; Paul van den Akker SPIRITUALITY 8. Spiritual Knowledge Unearthed. Indigenous Peoples and Land Rights; Osiris González 9. Los rituales a tlalticpactli en Santa Catarina; Raul Macuil Martínez 10. La tierra desde la visión del mundo ayuuk; Juan Carlos Reyes Gómez 11. Reflexiones sobre el Territorio y la construcción del “bien estar” entre los ñuu savi (mixtecos) de la Montaña de Guerrero, México; Edith Herrera Martinez 12. El Paisaje Sagrado de Santo Tomás Ocotepec; Omar Aguilar Sánchez 13. The Use of the Prehispanic Road Network in Perú: the Case of the Road between Xauxa and Pachacamac; Luisa Marcela Najarro Rivera and Camila Capriata Estrada SELF-DETERMINATION 14. Home Birth, Home Invasions: Encroaching on the Household’s Sovereignty in the Andes; Margarita Huayhua 15. How Does Culture Relate to Health?: A Case Study on Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples; I-An Gao (Wasiq Silan) 16. Politics and Practices of Indigenous Heritage in Taiwan. Perspectives on Cultural Transmission in Indigenous Communities; Chia-yu Hu 17. Gákti ja goahti. Heritage Work and Identity at Várdobáiki Museum, Norway; Liisa-Rávná Finbog 18. Organización socio-política de los mayas de Belice; Anita F. Tzec Recinos 19. Iguanazul Cartonera: Revitalization of Mexican Languages Among Indigenous Migrant Communities in New York City; Judith Santopietro TOWARDS A DECOLONIAL HERITAGESCAPE 20. Desacralizing Land(scapes). Maya Heritage in the Global Picture; Manuel May 21. Académicos y académicas de pueblos originarios. Una experiencia entre la sabiduría indígena y las teorías académicas clásicas; Leticia Aparicio Epilogue: Heritage and Rights of Indigenous Peoples: An Epilogue; Amy Strecker References

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Manuel May Castillo is a Maya scholar and Assistant Professor at Leiden University. His research focuses on the heritage of Indigenous Peoples and Maya heritage. Amy Strecker is a legal scholar and Assistant Professor at Leiden University. Her research focuses on landscape, heritage and international law.

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