Heritage and Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Patrimonio Y Derechos de Los Pueblos Indigenas

Cover Castillo Strecker

About this book

The heritage of Indigenous Peoples has long been researched and commented upon from the outside. This book adopts an innovative approach by engaging with the heritage of Indigenous Peoples from the ‘inside’.

On 13th September 2007, member states of the United Nations adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), a momentous occasion marking wide political recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights. Ten years on, this book explores the areas –both substantive and geographic– dealing with the heritage and rights of Indigenous Peoples
globally. Written jointly by indigenous and non-indigenous scholars, the chapters offer an insight into the issues faced by Indigenous Peoples under the umbrella themes of land,
spirituality and self-determination. The case studies – which span four continents – not only highlight the various resilient and imaginative ways in which Indigenous Peoples are managing
to sustain, develop and transform their heritage, but also offer an insight into the areas where the implementation of UNDRIP is most needed.

On the 10th anniversary of UNDRIP, this book therefore serves as a clarion call to states, transnational enterprises and policymakers to act in accordance with the tenets of the UN
Declaration and take indigenous perspectives, ontologies and worldviews seriously.

 

Manuel May Castillo is a Maya scholar and Assistant Professor at Leiden University. His research focuses on the heritage of Indigenous Peoples and Maya heritage.

Amy Strecker is a legal scholar and Assistant Professor at Leiden University. Her research focuses on landscape, heritage and international law.

 

 

Format: Paperback

Pages: 400

Illustrated: Yes

ISBN Print: 9789087282998

ISBN ePUB: 9789400603059

ISBN ePDF: 9789400603042

Published: 31 October 2017

Language: English

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Price 66.00

Reviews

Rosemary A. Joyce, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley.
‘Heritage and Rights of Indigenous Peoples is an important book that should find a wide audience. It represents an impressive product of both a substantial grant-funded initiative, and scholarly engagement with policy formulation in relation to the United Nations. There is no book that really competes with it; instead, I see it as potentially being used as a sourcebook in conjunction with classics such as Tuhiwai Smith’s Decolonizing Methodologies in a variety of disciplinary settings. It will be especially important as an intervention in the heritage sector, which at present consists of two main literatures, one by those who see heritage as something to be “developed” in an unambiguous way, and another that is critical of heritage practice (primarily coming from ethnographic but also some archaeological authors). Neither of those strands includes sufficient indigenous voices.’
Rosemary A. Joyce, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley.
‘Heritage and Rights of Indigenous Peoples is an important book that should find a wide audience. It represents an impressive product of both a substantial grant-funded initiative, and scholarly engagement with policy formulation in relation to the United Nations. There is no book that really competes with it; instead, I see it as potentially being used as a sourcebook in conjunction with classics such as Tuhiwai Smith’s Decolonizing Methodologies in a variety of disciplinary settings. It will be especially important as an intervention in the heritage sector, which at present consists of two main literatures, one by those who see heritage as something to be “developed” in an unambiguous way, and another that is critical of heritage practice (primarily coming from ethnographic but also some archaeological authors). Neither of those strands includes sufficient indigenous voices.’

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