Great attendance at 3-day conference on ‘Mobilization and Political Participation by Indigenous Groups in Latin America: Between the Local and the National’ in Guatemala, organized by the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, 21 – 23 September 2015
Organised by the School of History of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, the conference brought together a large number of academics and representatives of civil society for a series of panel discussions centred on recent developments in the participation and mobilization of indigenous groups in Latin America. The conference took place in the Hotel Pan-American, Guatemala City, on 21-23 September 2015.
Against a background of diverse experiences of indigenous mobilization and the rise of indigenous movements as significant political actors in Latin America, the conference brought together indigenous movement leaders, academics, policy makers, and members of the broader public to discuss the changes in the forms of participation and mobilization of indigenous groups in the region. Among other topics, key issues that were addressed include the response of Latin American states to indigenous movements, and in relation to that the scope and limits of democracy in meeting the demands of indigenous peoples; the role of women, particularly with regard to their involvement in local movements against land dispossession; and the role of the social sciences with regard to processes of social mobilization and racial inequality.
The conference was organised by the School of History of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala through the Institute for Historical, Anthropological and Archaeological Studies.
For more information, please see the Downloadofficial programme (in Spanish) (PDF, 325 KB) or the Downloadreport (in Spanish) (PDF, 88 KB) about the event by Alejandro Quiñonez in the current edition of Revista Extensión of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (October / November 2015).
