La “etnicidad marginal” de las comunas de la península de Santa Elena, Ecuador.
La “etnicidad marginal” de las comunas de la península de Santa Elena, Ecuador.
Authors
Bazurco, Martín
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Date
2012-12-17
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Keywords
Etnicidad - Marginalidad
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Abstract
Las comunas de la Península de Santa Elena representan la continuidad histórica de las antiguas jefaturas Manteño - Huancavilcas. Estas comunas han logrado mantener el
control de su territorio y una relativa autonomía socio-económica a lo largo de todo el
período colonial y republicano, poniendo en práctica diversas estrategias de articulación
con la sociedad dominante. Sin embargo, la supervivencia de estas comunidades se
debate, hoy en día, entre las agresiones extremas a su territorio, y su "etnicidad marginal" que las excluye del marco constitucional ecuatoriano destinado a la protección de los territorios étnicos. A continuación se analiza el proceso de resignificación de la diversidad al que están abocadas las comunas de la PSE.
The communes of the Santa Elena Peninsula represent the historical continuity of the ancient Manteño - Huancavilca leadership. These communes have maintained control of their traditional territory and a relative socio-economic autonomy throughout both the colonial and republican periode while effectively pursuing manifold strategies for communal articulation with the wider Ecuadorian society. Nevertheless, today the survival of these communes is in question, imperiled by external territorial aggression and the communes' "marginal ethnicity", which excludes them from the protection afforded by the Ecuadorian constitution to ethic groups and their lands. Below we will analyze the process of there-signification of 'diversity' into which the comunes of the Santa Elena Peninsula have been swept.
The communes of the Santa Elena Peninsula represent the historical continuity of the ancient Manteño - Huancavilca leadership. These communes have maintained control of their traditional territory and a relative socio-economic autonomy throughout both the colonial and republican periode while effectively pursuing manifold strategies for communal articulation with the wider Ecuadorian society. Nevertheless, today the survival of these communes is in question, imperiled by external territorial aggression and the communes' "marginal ethnicity", which excludes them from the protection afforded by the Ecuadorian constitution to ethic groups and their lands. Below we will analyze the process of there-signification of 'diversity' into which the comunes of the Santa Elena Peninsula have been swept.