Essays about: "Ana Catalina Arenas Cano"

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1. 1. BETWEEN THE NARROW LIMITS OF STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AND ARMED CONFLICT VIOLENCE : Case Study of Indigenous Peoples in Arauca, Colombia

   University essay from Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Ana Catalina Arenas Cano; [2012]
   Keywords : indigenous peoples; indigenous extermination; structural violence; Colombian armed conflict; land occupation; territory; culture; self governance; humanitarian interventions; do no harm; good practices in humanitarian action;

   Abstract : Indigenous communities living in Arauca department, a region located on the Eastern Plains of Colombia, are at an imminent risk of physical and cultural extermination -according to the orders 004 and 382 from the Constitutional Court of Colombia- due to a double vulnerability which stems from a historic structural violence dating from the creation of the nation-state and direct violence as a consequence of armed conflict. The physical extermination refers to the high mortality rates that this population suffers either by violence or natural death, while the cultural extermination is a result of both an accelerated process of acculturation and a progressive loss of culture, territory and respect from traditional authorities. READ MORE