220074 Histories of Indigenous Resistance and Autonomy in Latin America (S) (SoSe 2026)

The course aims to understand, describe, and analyze indigenous movements in Latin America from 1970 to 2025 from a historical perspective. Historiographically, the course adopts a Global History perspective, integrating elements of Social History and Subaltern Studies. To understand this process, the first stage will feature a historiographical discussion of these three disciplinary currents, adapting them to the subject of study. From a historical timeline, the course begins with the First Barbados Meeting, and the crisis of Indigenism in the context of the Cold War. In a second stage, the various movements in different Latin American nations that developed between 1978 and 1992 will be analyzed in a comparative framework. A third stage of the course addresses what has been termed the Indigenous Emergence in Latin America (1992–2006), analyzing the various movements that enabled the construction of governance experiences in Mexico, Ecuador, and Bolivia. A fourth stage of the course examines governance experiences both within and outside the state, as developed by ethnic movements during what has been termed the second stage of the indigenous emergence (2006–2020). Finally, the course will analyze the phase of loss of hegemony for these movements (2020–2025), examining the crisis and realignment of ethnic movements and their relationship with Latin American states.

Aims and competences:
1. Apply key methods and concepts of the discipline and their respective historiographical foundations.
2. Understand and analytically synthesize issues in history, historiography, and other disciplines.
3. Create and write research essays and articles.
4. Produce written communications that meet scientific standards.
5. Communicate historical knowledge using technologies designed for the dissemination of historical knowledge across various formats.

Content:
1. Understand the theoretical foundations of ethnic movements in Latin America from 1970 to 2025
2. Analyze the various indigenous organizations in Latin America
3. Understand the affirmative action policies implemented by the republics of Latin America.
4. Define the various perspectives on indigenous autonomy in Latin America.
5. Analyze the various types of indigenous organizations and their forms of action.