S James Anaya
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199235605
- eISBN:
- 9780191696664
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199235605.003.0020
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
This chapter presents an example of how a claim for reparations is to be submitted before a court. It is based on two separate claims, which were actually filed by representatives and members of the ...
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This chapter presents an example of how a claim for reparations is to be submitted before a court. It is based on two separate claims, which were actually filed by representatives and members of the indigenous Maya villages of Conejo and Santa Cruz to the Supreme Court of Belize on 3 April 2007. It presents the skeleton argument prepared for the claimants, who alleged that the government of Belize violated their constitutionally recognized customary land rights. It is a ‘living’ example of how historical evidence, cultural arguments, international law, and domestic law may be combined in order to build a solid argument which may prove strong enough to convince a court that the communities concerned are to be granted actual redress for the torts suffered.Less
This chapter presents an example of how a claim for reparations is to be submitted before a court. It is based on two separate claims, which were actually filed by representatives and members of the indigenous Maya villages of Conejo and Santa Cruz to the Supreme Court of Belize on 3 April 2007. It presents the skeleton argument prepared for the claimants, who alleged that the government of Belize violated their constitutionally recognized customary land rights. It is a ‘living’ example of how historical evidence, cultural arguments, international law, and domestic law may be combined in order to build a solid argument which may prove strong enough to convince a court that the communities concerned are to be granted actual redress for the torts suffered.
S. Ashley Kistler
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252038358
- eISBN:
- 9780252096228
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252038358.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Latin American Cultural Anthropology
As cultural mediators, Chamelco's market women offer a model of contemporary Q'eqchi' identity grounded in the strength of the Maya historical legacy. Guatemala's Maya communities have faced nearly ...
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As cultural mediators, Chamelco's market women offer a model of contemporary Q'eqchi' identity grounded in the strength of the Maya historical legacy. Guatemala's Maya communities have faced nearly five hundred years of constant challenges to their culture, from colonial oppression to the instability of violent military dictatorships and the advent of new global technologies. In spite of this history, the people of San Juan Chamelco, Guatemala, have effectively resisted significant changes to their cultural identities. Chamelco residents embrace new technologies, ideas, and resources to strengthen their indigenous identities and maintain Maya practice in the 21st century, a resilience that sets Chamelco apart from other Maya towns. Unlike the region's other indigenous women, Chamelco's Q'eqchi' market women achieve both prominence and visibility as vendors, dominating social domains from religion to local politics. These women honor their families' legacies through continuation of the inherited, high-status marketing trade. This book describes how market women gain social standing as mediators of sometimes conflicting realities, harnessing the forces of global capitalism to revitalize Chamelco's indigenous identity. Working at the intersections of globalization, kinship, gender, and memory, the book presents a firsthand look at Maya markets as a domain in which the values of capitalism and indigenous communities meet.Less
As cultural mediators, Chamelco's market women offer a model of contemporary Q'eqchi' identity grounded in the strength of the Maya historical legacy. Guatemala's Maya communities have faced nearly five hundred years of constant challenges to their culture, from colonial oppression to the instability of violent military dictatorships and the advent of new global technologies. In spite of this history, the people of San Juan Chamelco, Guatemala, have effectively resisted significant changes to their cultural identities. Chamelco residents embrace new technologies, ideas, and resources to strengthen their indigenous identities and maintain Maya practice in the 21st century, a resilience that sets Chamelco apart from other Maya towns. Unlike the region's other indigenous women, Chamelco's Q'eqchi' market women achieve both prominence and visibility as vendors, dominating social domains from religion to local politics. These women honor their families' legacies through continuation of the inherited, high-status marketing trade. This book describes how market women gain social standing as mediators of sometimes conflicting realities, harnessing the forces of global capitalism to revitalize Chamelco's indigenous identity. Working at the intersections of globalization, kinship, gender, and memory, the book presents a firsthand look at Maya markets as a domain in which the values of capitalism and indigenous communities meet.
