Indigenous Peoples, Politics and Rights in Contemporary Latin America
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
In the context of the interdisciplinary education of the Master's programme, the course of Indigenous Peoples, Politics and Rights in Contemporary Latin America aims to provide students with instruments and means necessary to understand the reality of a specific geographic area, as it follows the process of emersion, revindication and recognition of indigenous rights in Latin America through the last decades, while highlighting its historical, political, institutional, economic and socio-cultural dimensions.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: at the end of the course the student will master the instruments that are necessary to understand the process of emersion, revindication and recognition of indigenous rights in Latin America in the last decades. The analysis of case studies, connected to the protection of the property rights on land/territories that were traditionally occupied and on the natural resources, as well as to the protection of the rights be consulted and to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), will provide the students with an opportunity to analyse and understand national dynamics, applied (or disapplied) norms, and the instruments that indigenous communities can use to invoke and enforce their rights.
Applying knowledge and understanding: the knowledge acquired will provide the students with the instrument that are necessary to deal with (and understand) the problems connected to the application and protection of indigenous rights in Latin America, thanks to an historical, political, institutional, economic and socio-cultural perspective.
Applying knowledge and understanding: the knowledge acquired will provide the students with the instrument that are necessary to deal with (and understand) the problems connected to the application and protection of indigenous rights in Latin America, thanks to an historical, political, institutional, economic and socio-cultural perspective.
Lesson period: First trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First trimester
Course syllabus
Course programme:
- The development in the relationships between indigenous peoples and national States in Latin America during the XIX and the XX centuries; the rising of indigenous rights in the Latin-American context.
- Indigenous peoples and their rights: what is intended for? Different prospects in studying (the historical approach, the political approach, the theoretical point of view, the sociological and the anthropological perspectives).
- The recognition of indigenous peoples in the international scenario.
- The definition of "indigenous people".
- The recognition of indigenous rights in Latin-American legal systems. Peculiarities and problematic aspects.
- The diffusion of the 'modelo extractivista' or 'neo-extractivista' in Latin America and the indigenous rights.
- The protection of indigenous rights to lands and territories.
- Right to consultation and to free prior and informed consent (CPLI).
- The role of indigenous patronage.
- The competences and the importance of the Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos and of the Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.
- Analysis of some peculiar and actual cases (e.g. Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina and Brazil).
- The development in the relationships between indigenous peoples and national States in Latin America during the XIX and the XX centuries; the rising of indigenous rights in the Latin-American context.
- Indigenous peoples and their rights: what is intended for? Different prospects in studying (the historical approach, the political approach, the theoretical point of view, the sociological and the anthropological perspectives).
- The recognition of indigenous peoples in the international scenario.
- The definition of "indigenous people".
- The recognition of indigenous rights in Latin-American legal systems. Peculiarities and problematic aspects.
- The diffusion of the 'modelo extractivista' or 'neo-extractivista' in Latin America and the indigenous rights.
- The protection of indigenous rights to lands and territories.
- Right to consultation and to free prior and informed consent (CPLI).
- The role of indigenous patronage.
- The competences and the importance of the Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos and of the Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.
- Analysis of some peculiar and actual cases (e.g. Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina and Brazil).
Prerequisites for admission
A knowledge of Contemporary History and mostly of Contemporary History of Latin America is required. The Professor will retrace some its fundamental moments during the lessons, besides giving a bibliography for filling any eventual gap.
Suggested, not mandatory, propedeutics: Contemporary History and History and Institutions of Latin America (undergraduate).
Suggested, not mandatory, propedeutics: Contemporary History and History and Institutions of Latin America (undergraduate).
Teaching methods
Beside frontal lessons there will be seminarial lessons and talks with experts, book presentation with autors about the topics covered.
Moreover bibliographical insights will be provided and reading newspapers, scientific magazines will be stimulated in order to to be accostumbred with the latinoamerican reality in general and in particular with the themes dealt during the course.
News will be an opportunity to reflect and deepen during the lessons, as the aim of the course is to understand the dynamics of the contemporary Latin America.
Lessons will be in Italian with some insights in Spanish.
Moreover bibliographical insights will be provided and reading newspapers, scientific magazines will be stimulated in order to to be accostumbred with the latinoamerican reality in general and in particular with the themes dealt during the course.
News will be an opportunity to reflect and deepen during the lessons, as the aim of the course is to understand the dynamics of the contemporary Latin America.
Lessons will be in Italian with some insights in Spanish.
Teaching Resources
The materials will be uploaded in the MyAriel website of the course at unimi.it: https://ariel.unimi.it/
For students - attending and non-attending - who don't have any knowledge of Latin American history, the reading of one of the following texts is recommended:
- Zanatta Loris, Storia dell'America Latina contemporanea, Laterza, 2017.
- De Giuseppe Massimo - La Bella Gianni, Storia dell'America Latina contemporanea, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2019.
- Nocera Raffaele - Trento Angelo, America latina, un secolo di storia, Carocci, 2013.
- Bertaccini, Tiziana, Le Americhe Latine nel XX secolo, Feltrinelli, 2014.
For attending students:
1. Class Notes
2. Marzia Rosti, Popoli indigeni, terre e risorse naturali in Argentina dall'indipendenza ad oggi, Nova Delphi, Roma, 2020.
3. Roberto Cammarata - Marzia Rosti, I popoli indigeni e i loro diritti in America Latina. Tappe, dinamiche e contenuti di un percorso di riconoscimento e di trasformazione, in I popoli indigeni e i loro diritti in America Latina. Dinamiche continentali, scenari nazionali, a cura di Roberto Cammarata e Marzia Rosti, Milano University Press, 2023, pp. 9-45. reperibile in https://libri.unimi.it/index.php/milanoup/catalog/book/93
4. Documents provided by the professor during the lessons or uploaded on the site Ariel (Contents: Material for attending students). The reading of these documents is essential as they finalize the knowledge about events not contained in the books.
5. OPTIONAL: Roberto Cammarata, Indigeno a chi? Discriminazioni e diritti allo specchio, Giappichelli, Torino, 2012 (Introduzione, Capitoli 3, 4 e 5).
FOR ANY OPTIONAL FURTHER READING, CONSULT THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC SECTION ON THE MYARIEL SITE OF THE COURSE. IN ADDITION: ADVICE OF READING: Giraudo Laura, La questione indigena in America Latina, Carocci, 2009.
References for the final examination for Non-Attending Students:
1. Marzia Rosti, Popoli indigeni, terre e risorse naturali in Argentina dall'indipendenza ad oggi, Nova Delphi, Roma, 2020.
2. Roberto Cammarata - Marzia Rosti, I popoli indigeni e i loro diritti in America Latina. Tappe, dinamiche e contenuti di un percorso di riconoscimento e di trasformazione, in I popoli indigeni e i loro diritti in America Latina. Dinamiche continentali, scenari nazionali, a cura di Roberto Cammarata e Marzia Rosti, Milano University Press, 2023, pp. 9-45. reperibile in https://libri.unimi.it/index.php/milanoup/catalog/book/93
3. Documents uploaded on the site MyAriel (Contents: Material for NON attending students). The reading of these documents is essential as they finalize the knowledge about events not contained in the books.
4. OPTIONAL: Roberto Cammarata, Indigeno a chi? Discriminazioni e diritti allo specchio, Giappichelli, Torino, 2012 (Introduzione, Capitoli 3, 4 e 5).
FOR ANY OPTIONAL FURTHER READING, CONSULT THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC SECTION ON THE MYARIEL SITE OF THE COURSE. IN ADDITION: ADVICE OF READING: Giraudo Laura, La questione indigena in America Latina, Carocci, 2009.
For students - attending and non-attending - who don't have any knowledge of Latin American history, the reading of one of the following texts is recommended:
- Zanatta Loris, Storia dell'America Latina contemporanea, Laterza, 2017.
- De Giuseppe Massimo - La Bella Gianni, Storia dell'America Latina contemporanea, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2019.
- Nocera Raffaele - Trento Angelo, America latina, un secolo di storia, Carocci, 2013.
- Bertaccini, Tiziana, Le Americhe Latine nel XX secolo, Feltrinelli, 2014.
For attending students:
1. Class Notes
2. Marzia Rosti, Popoli indigeni, terre e risorse naturali in Argentina dall'indipendenza ad oggi, Nova Delphi, Roma, 2020.
3. Roberto Cammarata - Marzia Rosti, I popoli indigeni e i loro diritti in America Latina. Tappe, dinamiche e contenuti di un percorso di riconoscimento e di trasformazione, in I popoli indigeni e i loro diritti in America Latina. Dinamiche continentali, scenari nazionali, a cura di Roberto Cammarata e Marzia Rosti, Milano University Press, 2023, pp. 9-45. reperibile in https://libri.unimi.it/index.php/milanoup/catalog/book/93
4. Documents provided by the professor during the lessons or uploaded on the site Ariel (Contents: Material for attending students). The reading of these documents is essential as they finalize the knowledge about events not contained in the books.
5. OPTIONAL: Roberto Cammarata, Indigeno a chi? Discriminazioni e diritti allo specchio, Giappichelli, Torino, 2012 (Introduzione, Capitoli 3, 4 e 5).
FOR ANY OPTIONAL FURTHER READING, CONSULT THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC SECTION ON THE MYARIEL SITE OF THE COURSE. IN ADDITION: ADVICE OF READING: Giraudo Laura, La questione indigena in America Latina, Carocci, 2009.
References for the final examination for Non-Attending Students:
1. Marzia Rosti, Popoli indigeni, terre e risorse naturali in Argentina dall'indipendenza ad oggi, Nova Delphi, Roma, 2020.
2. Roberto Cammarata - Marzia Rosti, I popoli indigeni e i loro diritti in America Latina. Tappe, dinamiche e contenuti di un percorso di riconoscimento e di trasformazione, in I popoli indigeni e i loro diritti in America Latina. Dinamiche continentali, scenari nazionali, a cura di Roberto Cammarata e Marzia Rosti, Milano University Press, 2023, pp. 9-45. reperibile in https://libri.unimi.it/index.php/milanoup/catalog/book/93
3. Documents uploaded on the site MyAriel (Contents: Material for NON attending students). The reading of these documents is essential as they finalize the knowledge about events not contained in the books.
4. OPTIONAL: Roberto Cammarata, Indigeno a chi? Discriminazioni e diritti allo specchio, Giappichelli, Torino, 2012 (Introduzione, Capitoli 3, 4 e 5).
FOR ANY OPTIONAL FURTHER READING, CONSULT THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC SECTION ON THE MYARIEL SITE OF THE COURSE. IN ADDITION: ADVICE OF READING: Giraudo Laura, La questione indigena in America Latina, Carocci, 2009.
Assessment methods and Criteria
It is compulsory to register on-line to the exam session via SIFA
TO ATTENDING STUDENTS: there will be a written examination on a date dedicated to you. An eventual intermediate test may be scheduled, depending to the number of students attending.
TO NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS: the examination shall be written (mandatory)
Written examination: The test will be composed of 2 different parts: the first one consists in 50 closed questions with multiple-choice answers. Students will have to answer at least 18 of them correctly to score 18/30 (each correct answer equals 0.5 points). The second part of the examination entails a series of questions with open answer. Students will choose 3 among the proposed topics. Each answer will be worth from 0 to 2 points.
Students must take both parts of the exam.
The exam will be aimed to verify that the non-attending students had:
- acquired a sufficient knowledge of the process of emersion, revindication and recognition of the rights of indigenous people in the last decades in general and in Latin America in particular;
- acquired a sufficient knowledge of the instruments available to tackle and understand the problems regarding the enforcement and protection of the rights of indigenous people in Latin America;
- is able to express the concepts/notions/instruments in a clear and precise way;
- is able to use the correct terminology;
- is able to interpret, frame and describe in a clear and orderly way the current phenomena and dynamics of indigenous people in the Latin-American reality, while also making the proper connection to its past.
TO ATTENDING STUDENTS: there will be a written examination on a date dedicated to you. An eventual intermediate test may be scheduled, depending to the number of students attending.
TO NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS: the examination shall be written (mandatory)
Written examination: The test will be composed of 2 different parts: the first one consists in 50 closed questions with multiple-choice answers. Students will have to answer at least 18 of them correctly to score 18/30 (each correct answer equals 0.5 points). The second part of the examination entails a series of questions with open answer. Students will choose 3 among the proposed topics. Each answer will be worth from 0 to 2 points.
Students must take both parts of the exam.
The exam will be aimed to verify that the non-attending students had:
- acquired a sufficient knowledge of the process of emersion, revindication and recognition of the rights of indigenous people in the last decades in general and in Latin America in particular;
- acquired a sufficient knowledge of the instruments available to tackle and understand the problems regarding the enforcement and protection of the rights of indigenous people in Latin America;
- is able to express the concepts/notions/instruments in a clear and precise way;
- is able to use the correct terminology;
- is able to interpret, frame and describe in a clear and orderly way the current phenomena and dynamics of indigenous people in the Latin-American reality, while also making the proper connection to its past.
SPS/05 - AMERICAN HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Professor:
Rosti Marzia Anna Linda Maria
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