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Activist Research v. Cultural Critique: Indigenous Land Rights and the Contradictions of Politically Engaged Anthropology

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Hale, Charles R.·2006·Cultural Anthropology
DOI 10.1525/can.2006.21.1.96
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With indigenous and Afro-Latin land rights in Central America as ethnographic context, this article makes the case for politically engaged anthropology. The argument builds from a juxtaposition between “cultural critique” and “activist research” distinguished mainly on methodological grounds. Activist scholars establish an alignment with an organized group of people in struggle and accompany them on the contradictory and partly compromised path toward their political goals. This yields research outcomes that are both troubled and deeply enriched by direct engagement with the complexities of political contention. A case in the Inter-American Human Rights Court, where an indigenous community called Awas Tingni forced the Nicaraguan government to recognize the community's ancestral lands, illustrates the promise of activist research, in spite of the inevitable contradictions that present themselves even when the struggle is ostensibly successful.

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Authors
Hale, C. R.
Venue
Cultural Anthropology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2006-02
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
96-120
ISSN
  • 0886-7356 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-1360
DOI
10.1525/can.2006.21.1.96
OpenAlex
W2117602966
Cited by
711
References
3
FWCI
84.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Licence
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 3499 d)

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