Acción política transformadora indígena. El caso del Cabildo y Resguardo Indígena de Paletará, Colombia
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2026
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28/03/2025
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Las investigaciones sobre la intervención social con pueblos y comunidades indígenas afectadas por proyectos de desarrollo extractivo suelen enfocarse en la desigualdad, la desposesión de la tierra y los múltiples daños que estos proyectos generan. Sin embargo, prestan menos atención, en general, a la complejidad de las relaciones sociales de los pueblos y comunidades indígenas y, en particular, a la acción política; asuntos igual de relevantes para la intervención social en contextos de desposesión. Esta tesis contribuye al campo de intervención en Trabajo Social con pueblos indígenas afectados por proyectos de desarrollo extractivo, al ofrecer una comprensión que articula la desigualdad con la acción política. La investigación se centra en la experiencia de recuperación de la tierra y configuración del Cabildo y Resguardo Indígena de Paletará, pueblo Kokonuco, Departamento del Cauca, Colombia. A partir de una contextualización de larga duración de esta experiencia, la etnografía y las historias de vida, concluyo que la comunidad indígena de Paletará realizó una acción política transformativa (APT). Asimismo, muestro que esta APT se vincula con el cuidado de la naturaleza por dos razones. Primero, porque más allá de ser una reacción ante la desigualdad, la acción política es un modo de vida indígena que está ligado a “la tierra”. Y segundo, porque parala comunidad, la tierra comprende un entramado de significación que representa las relaciones para realizar la vida, la estructura de desigualdad, el ámbito de autonomía política, y un continuum socionatural...
Research about social intervention with Indigenous peoples affected by extractive development projects often focuses on inequality, land dispossession, and the multiple harms these projects cause. Nevertheless, they pay less attention to the complexity of the social relationships of Indigenous peoples and communities, and particularly to political action, which are equally relevant issues for social intervention in contexts of dispossession. This thesis contributes to the field of Social Work intervention with Indigenous peoples affected by extractive development projects by offering an understanding that links inequality with political action.The research focuses on the experience of land recovery and the formation of the Cabildo and Indigenous Reservation of Paletará, part of the Kokonuco people in the Department of Cauca, Colombia. Based on a long-term contextualization of this experience, ethnography, and life histories, I conclude that the Indigenous community of Paletará engaged in transformative political action (TPA). Furthermore, I show that this TPA is linked to the care of environment for two reasons. First, because beyond being a reaction to inequality, political action is a way of Indigenous life tied to “the land.” And second, because for the community, the land encompasses a network of meanings that represent the relationships necessary for life, the structure of inequality, the sphere of political autonomy, and a socio-natural continuum...
Research about social intervention with Indigenous peoples affected by extractive development projects often focuses on inequality, land dispossession, and the multiple harms these projects cause. Nevertheless, they pay less attention to the complexity of the social relationships of Indigenous peoples and communities, and particularly to political action, which are equally relevant issues for social intervention in contexts of dispossession. This thesis contributes to the field of Social Work intervention with Indigenous peoples affected by extractive development projects by offering an understanding that links inequality with political action.The research focuses on the experience of land recovery and the formation of the Cabildo and Indigenous Reservation of Paletará, part of the Kokonuco people in the Department of Cauca, Colombia. Based on a long-term contextualization of this experience, ethnography, and life histories, I conclude that the Indigenous community of Paletará engaged in transformative political action (TPA). Furthermore, I show that this TPA is linked to the care of environment for two reasons. First, because beyond being a reaction to inequality, political action is a way of Indigenous life tied to “the land.” And second, because for the community, the land encompasses a network of meanings that represent the relationships necessary for life, the structure of inequality, the sphere of political autonomy, and a socio-natural continuum...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Trabajo Social, leída el 28-03-2025













