Abstract

GONZALEZ RUIZ, Nicolás. Resistance and construction of autonomy: a Zapatista community experience. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2013, vol.8, n.16, pp.313-340. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2013.16.81.

This article describes and explains the ways in which the Zapatistas are constructing resistance and autonomy processes in small areas that form part of the complex autonomous Zapatista territory. In order to help understand the complexity of the process that the Zapatistas are developing at broader levels, the author identifies the problems that they aim to overcome as well as the relations that they have with «the others» with whom they share the territory. The author obtained information directly from within the analyzed community through a participatory methodology in which observation played a crucial role. The author is part of the community and speaks the native language. These aspects were of supreme importance for the construction of different levels of discussion that unfolded.

Keywords : resistance; autonomy; Zapatistas.

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