Chapter 6. Armed conflict and resistance in indigenous Colombia
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Simone Ferrari
Abstract
The present proposal is to analyze the linguistic landscape of the municipality of Toribío (Colombia) as a means of testimony of the autonomous indigenous resistance against the violence suffered by the Nasa communities during the Colombian Conflict. The methodological approach proposed is based on the cultural analysis of the units from their context referent to social tensions, with an emphasis on its “meaning-making” (Ivkovic & Arfin, 2019) value. This will also rely on palabrandar, a category of the Nasa epistemology that means the ability to “walk the word” (Almendra, 2017, p. 73) so that it may be a transformative path and action of the community environment.
Abstract
The present proposal is to analyze the linguistic landscape of the municipality of Toribío (Colombia) as a means of testimony of the autonomous indigenous resistance against the violence suffered by the Nasa communities during the Colombian Conflict. The methodological approach proposed is based on the cultural analysis of the units from their context referent to social tensions, with an emphasis on its “meaning-making” (Ivkovic & Arfin, 2019) value. This will also rely on palabrandar, a category of the Nasa epistemology that means the ability to “walk the word” (Almendra, 2017, p. 73) so that it may be a transformative path and action of the community environment.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- List of contributors ix
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Linguistic landscape and people’s identities
- Chapter 1. Language use and identity negotiation in the linguistic landscape of Chipilo, Mexico 19
- Chapter 2. A changing landscape of voseo in Medellín? 45
- Chapter 3. Ethnolinguistic vitality and linguistic landscape 73
- Chapter 4. Ideologies in the linguistic landscape 105
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Part II. Contesting the linguistic landscape of public space
- Chapter 5. Urban discourse and civil resistance against gender-based violence in Madrid 135
- Chapter 6. Armed conflict and resistance in indigenous Colombia 159
- Chapter 7. The Escondido swap meet 183
- Chapter 8. The linguistic landscape of the Raval 215
- Chapter 9. Reframing the question of correlation between the local linguistic population and urban signage 239
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Part III. Language commodification in the linguistic landscape
- Chapter 10. Languages to buy and sell 269
- Chapter 11. An analysis of how business owners use Valencian and Spanish in the linguistic landscape 293
- Chapter 12. Linguistic Landscape in Otavalo 313
- Chapter 13. Donde su visión se hace realidad 341
- Chapter 14. The act of naming in the Hispanic linguistic landscape of Milan 365
- Index 393
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- List of contributors ix
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Linguistic landscape and people’s identities
- Chapter 1. Language use and identity negotiation in the linguistic landscape of Chipilo, Mexico 19
- Chapter 2. A changing landscape of voseo in Medellín? 45
- Chapter 3. Ethnolinguistic vitality and linguistic landscape 73
- Chapter 4. Ideologies in the linguistic landscape 105
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Part II. Contesting the linguistic landscape of public space
- Chapter 5. Urban discourse and civil resistance against gender-based violence in Madrid 135
- Chapter 6. Armed conflict and resistance in indigenous Colombia 159
- Chapter 7. The Escondido swap meet 183
- Chapter 8. The linguistic landscape of the Raval 215
- Chapter 9. Reframing the question of correlation between the local linguistic population and urban signage 239
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Part III. Language commodification in the linguistic landscape
- Chapter 10. Languages to buy and sell 269
- Chapter 11. An analysis of how business owners use Valencian and Spanish in the linguistic landscape 293
- Chapter 12. Linguistic Landscape in Otavalo 313
- Chapter 13. Donde su visión se hace realidad 341
- Chapter 14. The act of naming in the Hispanic linguistic landscape of Milan 365
- Index 393
