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Narrating Place and Identity, or Mapping Miskitu Land Claims in Northeastern Nicaragua

Offen, Karl H.·2003·Human Organization
DOI 10.17730/humo.62.4.f9xgq4cu3ff88he0
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This paper draws from my participation in mapping miskitu community land claims in the spring of 1997 to discuss the relationship between the mapping process and an identity politics of place in northeastern Nicaragua (the moskitia). in community fora that formed the critical element of the mapping process, miskitu community intellectuals passionately narrated miskitu history with recourse to moskitia geography and the places to be mapped. these public narratives resonated with and mobilized community audiences because they combined authoritative Miskitu identity signifiers, such as the Miskitu flag and biblical lessons, with commonplace toponyms and cultural landscapes. in narrating the relationship of miskitu identity to moskitia places, community intellectuals simultaneously critiqued the conventional wisdom of Nicaraguan historiography and transformed the initial aim of the mapping project by shaping the meaning of “community lands” for community members. in this way, the mapping project merged a cultural politics of place with those of identity.

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Authors
Offen, K. H.
Affiliations
University of Oklahoma
Venue
Human Organization
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2003-12
Volume
62
Issue
4
Pages
382-392
ISSN
  • 0018-7259
  • 1938-3525
DOI
10.17730/humo.62.4.f9xgq4cu3ff88he0
Cited by
59
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Language
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