Lecture with subject "Indians and Peoples: Contemporary Challenges, Historical Experiences. A case study: Mexico"
What do the notions of Indian, indigenous, or indigenous peoples refer to? What is the relationship between indigenous populations and the historical developments of the majority societies within which they are embedded?
This session will propose elements for a critical historical reconstruction of the notion of indio, with particular attention to the Mexican case during the first decades of independent nationhood. It will identify evidence that calls into question a univocal and atemporal understanding of the category indio, engaging with the renewed historiographical interest in what has been termed “indigenous agency.”