Anthropological study of indigenous critique on multiculturalism: from the IDP-indigenous points of view

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13472
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 04030:Cultural anthropology and folklore-related
• Research Institution: Kanagawa University (2021-2023); Waseda University (2019-2020)
• Principal Investigator: KONDO Hiroshi 神奈川大学, 人間科学部, 准教授 (20706668)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 先住民 / 国内避難民 / 多文化主義 / コロンビア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Internally displaced indigenous peoples within Colombia have organized themselves into victim organizations. In their activities and in their daily lives we find imaginations that do not fit within the framework of the widespread idea of "assimilation" in Colombia, or the multiculturalist imagination that sees a particular territory and culture as one. In the assimilation idea, living in the city is seen as a trigger for the "death" of indigenous culture. However, internally displaced indigenous peoples still live as indigenous peoples through cultural activities and through the construction of micro-spaces using plants.

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Free Research Field

文化人類学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

コロンビア国内において、先住民が生地を追われ国内避難民となっている状況について、先住民自身が「可視化」のための活動を行なわねばならないほど、十分な研究の蓄積はない。本研究は、マイノリティのなかのマイナーな生き方に光をあてるという意義がある。同時に、権利をめぐる問いのなかで、特定の場所に生きる民としてイメージされやすい先住民を新たな角度からとらえ、そこに多文化主義的想像力への批判のきっかけを見つけている。この点は、移動を余儀なくされる人びとを「問題視」する考え方の問い直しを可能にする。