Eliciting Self-determination: The Kayapo Mobilization Through Activism and Global Indigenous Media

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dc.creatorSilva-Muhammad, Carla
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-21T18:31:54Z
dc.date.available2022-04-21T18:31:54Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractExactly how do indigenous actors elicit the right of self-determination as inherited, and to what extent does such agency reconstitute or validate human rights norms? This essay proposes that within their unique project of self-representation and activism, the Kayapo indigenous society is indeed reformulating the concept of self-determination. I suggest that by denouncing injustice and human rights violations through self-documentation and use of global indigenous media, protests, and political alliances, this indigenous group is not only claiming reparations from the Brazilian government, but also reshaping the language of human rights. Moreover, this essay explores how the Kayapo communities engage in activism pertaining to the construction of the Belo Monte Dam, developing an international political identity in order to guarantee their right to self-determination and survival.en_US
dc.description.departmentLawen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/112666
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/39571
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherThe Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justiceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofRapoport Center Working Papersen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectindigenous peoplesen_US
dc.subjectself-determinationen_US
dc.subjectcollective rightsen_US
dc.subjectglobal indigenous mediaen_US
dc.titleEliciting Self-determination: The Kayapo Mobilization Through Activism and Global Indigenous Mediaen_US
dc.typeWorking paperen_US

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