ANTH 320/DEVS 321 PEOPLE AND DEVELOPMENT Fall 2017

Sept. 27-Oct. 4 (Note Global Issues Forum on Oct. 3) Indigeneity and development.
    READ: MacNeish, John-Andrew (2013) Extraction, Protest and Indigeneity in Bolivia: The TIPNIS Effect. Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies. 8(2): 221–242.

    Schilling-Vacaflor, Almut. (2017) Who controls the territory and the resources? Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) as a contested human rights practice in Bolivia. Third World Quarterly. 38(5):1058–1074


NOTE: If you have missed a class in which we discuss a reading, you must submit a missed class assignment (see the course outline for what that involves). It is your responsibility to keep on top of this; I will not remind you that you must do this.

Global Issues Forum
Assignment #3 on Indigeneity and development

What is at stake
    - ILO C169 (http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C169)
    - UNDRIP (http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf)
        - FPIC – articles 10, 11, 19, 28, 29

UNDRIP Talk, Featuring Naiomi Metallic and Patti Doyle-Bedwell
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCkuhO9qvpw&t=14s

Special guest: Coady Chair of Social Justice, Dorene Bernard

Given that the most common situation for invoking rights to consultation/consent relate to large scale projects (roads, mines, etc.) on Indigenous lands, do you think the real central issue is environmental protection or Indigenous rights to self-determination? What are the implications of linking these two?

Is it important to recognize the diversity of perspective within each group of actors (Indigenous peoples; environmental groups; government; industry)? Why or why not? What are the dangers of focusing on differences of opinion only within Indigenous groups?

What is the political and economic history of Bolivia that sets up particular understandings and positions with respect to the projects described by MacNeish and Schilling-Vacaflor?
    - what does indigeneity mean in the context of Bolivia?
    - what is the history of resource extraction?
    - what do “neo-extractivism” and “pink tide” refer to?

What are the complexities that MacNeish and Schilling-Vacaflor discuss with respect this conjunction of national economic prosperity, social programs, indigenous rights, prior exploitation, etc?


Debates to explore the issues, and to practice reading across the articles for specific information:

1) Resolved: that the planned highway through the TIPNIS should proceed since the benefits are greater than the costs.

2) Resolved: that consultation for free prior and informed consent procedures divert attention from the real issue of indigenous rights for self-determination.

Format: The class will be split into four groups.

Two groups (one in favour of the motion and one against) will work on each motion. The groups will discuss the points they will make and designate two spokespeople (20 minutes). They will draw on the readings by MacNeish and Schilling-Vacaflor in preparing their arguments. They can also draw on corroborating information from cases discussed in the Global Issues Forum.

For each debate, in initial poll of the audience (that is, the people in the groups working on the other topic) will establish a baseline of their opinions on the motion. The group arguing for the motion will present their arguments for two minutes (first spokesperson), followed by the arguments against the motion, again for two minutes (first spokesperson). Then the group arguing for the motion will rebut the contrary-minded group’s points (second spokesperson), and finally the contrary-minded group will rebut the points made by those in favour of the motion (second spokesperson). A final poll will be taken to discover if there has been any change of opinion among the audience.

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