New world of Indigenous resistance : Noam Chomsky and voices from North, South, and Central America

Indigenous Societies Today Face Difficult Choices: Can They Develop, Modernize, And Advance Without Endangering Their Sacred Traditions And Communal Identity? Specifically, Can Their Communities Benefit From National Education While Resisting The Tendency Of State-imposed Programs To Undermine Their Cultural Sovereignty, Language, And Traditions? According To Lois Meyer And Benjami;n Maldonado, These Are Among The Core Questions Being Raised By Indigenous Societies Whose Comunalidad-or Communal Way Of Life-is At Odds With The Dictates Of Big Business And The Social Programs Of The State.-publisher Description. A Hemispheric Conversation Among Equals / Lois Meyer -- Pt. I. Interviews With Noam Chomsky. Resistance And Hope: The Future Of Comunalidad In A Globalized World / Interview With Noam Chomsky By Lois Meyer, 2004 ; Video Message To The Second National Congress Of Indigenous & Intercultural Education / By Noam Chomsky, 2007 ; The Imperial State And Hope From Inside Indigenous America / Interview With Noam Chomsky By Lois Meyer, 2007. Ii. Commentaries On Chomsky From The Indigenous Americas. The Fourth Principle / Jaime Martínez Luna, Mexico ; Noam Chomsky And Indigenous Education In Oaxaca, Mexico / Fernando Soberanes Bojórquez, Mexico ; Beyond Education / Gustavo Esteva, Mexico ; Chomsky As Hope / Fausto Sandoval Cruz, Mexico ; Views From The Hemisphere Of Resistance / María Bertely Busquets, Mexico ; Resistance And Cultural Work In Times Of Was / Elsie Rockwell, Mexico ; Political Uses Of Interculturalidad: Citizenship And Education / Marcela Tovar Gómez, Mexico ; Politicization Of Comunalidad And The Demand For Autonomy / Gunther Dietz, Mexico ; Democracy And Changes In Latin American Education: Lessons From The Guatemalan And Bolivian Indigenous Cases / Luis Enrique López, Guatemala -- Indigenous Education And Living Well: An Alternative In The Midst Of Crisis / Ruth Moya Torres, Guatemala -- Repress Ideas To Consolidate Nation-states, Or Re-create Ways Of Thinking To Strengthen Balance / Guillermo Chen Morales, Guatemala -- Reading Noam Chomsky From An Educational Experience Of The Kuna People Of Panama / Rueter Orán Bodin And Kikadir Yadira Orán, Panama ; Abya Yala And The Decolonization Of Democracy, Knowledge, Education, And The State / Luis Macas Ambuludí, Ecuador -- Kichwa Resistance In Ecuador / María Yolanda Terán, Ecuador ; Indigenous Peoples Contesting State Nationalism And Corporate Globalism / Stefano Varese, Peru ; Education From Inside Deep America / Grimaldo Rengifo Vásquez, Peru ; The Path Of Decolonization / Carlos Mamani Condori, Bolivia ; Aymara Resistance / Felipe Quispe Huanca, Bolivia ; Changing Mirrors: Looking At Ourselves In Latin America / Norma Giarracca, Argentina ; The Complex Decolonization Of The School / Raúl Zibechi, Uruguay ; U.s. Imperialism And The Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous People / Glenabah Martinez, U.s.a. Iii. Follow-up Interview With Noam Chomsky. Reflections On A Hemispheric Conversation Among Equals / Interview With Noam Chomsky By Lois Meyer, 2009 -- Iv. A Final Commentary. Comunalidad And The Education Of Indigenous Peoples / By Benjamín Maldonado Alvarado -- V. Conclusion. An Open-ended Closing / By Lois Meyer, Julianna Kirwin, And Erin Tooher. Edited By Lois Meyer And Benjamín Maldonado Alvarado. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Indigenous societies throughout Latin America are facing difficult choices. After centuries of colonization, the ongoing struggle to preserve communal knowledge, rituals, language, traditions, teaching and learning practices has taken on even more significance in the increasingly standardized world of globalization. For many indigenous societies, protecting community-based customs has involved the rejection of state-provided education, raising a series of interconnected issues regarding autonomy, modernity and cultural sustainability. In New World of Indigenous Resistance , these questions are approached from multiple perspectives by means of an innovative exchange between linguist and human rights advocate Noam Chomsky, and more than twenty scholars, activists and educators from across the Americas. Two interviews with Chomsky open the exchange with lessons from world history, linguistics, economics and anti-authoritarian philosophy, parallel histories of peoples worldwide who have resisted state power while attempting to sustain or even revitalize community traditions. In response to Chomsky's ideas, voices from Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the United States and Uruguay dray from their first-hand experience and scholarship, speaking to, with, and at times against Chomsky's views. In a final interview Chomsky reflects upon the commentaries; the result is a nuanced intellectual and political exchangea compelling conversation that offers a contemporary vision of indigenous resistance, survival and hope. "Two direct interviews with Chomsky enhance this articulate examination of challenges facing indigenous peoples today, including a positive viewpoint of means by which indigenous cultures can resist total assimilation, endure and spread hope. Highly recommended." Midwest Book Review "The key issue facing indigenous peoples as they gain new rights and raise their profile within Latin America's newly democratic states is how to reconcile the cultural inheritance that makes them indigenous with forces that aim to tether them to national identities or unleash upon them the corrosive acculturation implied by globalization. . . . This collection of commentaries framed by the wisdom of Noam Chomskyoffers an excellent point of departure for the student interested in addressing such questions. With a significant focus on education, the writers address the thorny yet timeless issue of how to reconcile the ancient with the modern. . . . If there is one theme that emerges, it is of the potential for inter-communal co-operation and the concrete benefits diversity can bring to Latin American social life."Gavin O'Toole, Latin American Review of Books "This book is unique, thought-provoking and inspiring. The voices included in this edited collection, most of them unheard in mainstream Western academia, not only denounce the crimes committed against Indigenous peoples, but also reflect decades of Indigenous struggle, resistance, hope and commitment. . . . This book speaks to students, teachers, administrators and researchers from different disciplines and invites them to work together and follow the exemplary struggles of Indigenous peoples in different parts of America."Teachers College Record