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On Indigeneity, Change, and Representation in the Northeastern Ecuadorian Amazon

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  • Gabriela Valdivia

    (Department of Geography, 414 Social Sciences Building, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA)

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Neoliberal reforms throughout Latin America are intended to promote development by opening up economies and encouraging market-oriented practices. These reforms have deeply affected the lives of indigenous peoples and their relationship with extralocal actors. Today, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, some indigenous peoples participate in oil-extraction negotiations, tourism, and intensive cattle ranching and agriculture as part of increased market integration. In the midst of these changes, questions about what ‘indigeneity’ means, both in integrating into and in resisting neoliberal reforms, are increasingly important for understanding social justice and environmental conservation issues in the Amazon region. The author explores how engagement with neoliberal practices and ways of knowing the world has opened up spaces for questioning fixed notions of indigenous identities and their role in representing, imagining, and developing indigenous alliances and rights claims in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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  • Gabriela Valdivia, 2005. "On Indigeneity, Change, and Representation in the Northeastern Ecuadorian Amazon," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 37(2), pages 285-303, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:37:y:2005:i:2:p:285-303
    DOI: 10.1068/a36182
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    1. Holland, Margaret B. & de Koning, Free & Morales, Manuel & Naughton-Treves, Lisa & Robinson, Brian E. & Suárez, Luis, 2014. "Complex Tenure and Deforestation: Implications for Conservation Incentives in the Ecuadorian Amazon," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 21-36.
    2. Valeria Guarneros‐Meza & Mike Geddes, 2010. "Local Governance and Participation under Neoliberalism: Comparative Perspectives," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(1), pages 115-129, March.

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