Paper short abstract:

The exclusion of the indigenous from the modern sovereignty has been the historical hegemonic mode of representation. With Globalization, transnational power entities break down the nation-state sovereignty. As a consequence, Latin American indigenous people are reinventing a new political subject

Paper long abstract:

The discussion on indigeneity has taken on a new turning point and urgent relevance in recent years in view of the shift in geopolitical paradigms associated with globalization. The waning of nation-state sovereignty associated with globalization has given a new impetus to indigenous movements around the planet and Latin America. This paper discusses the critical way in which some Latin American indigenous groups are reinventing a new political subject beyond the paradigm of nation-state. With Globalization, nation-state sovereignty co-exists in a conflictual and dispersal manner alongside transnational power entities; hence it is no longer grounded in territory. This new political order breaks down the continuity between the nation-state and its politics of recognition and multiculturalism; in this current moment, becoming "indigenous" is no longer a problem of inclusion within the nation-state. Nowadays, for Latin American indigenous people, the struggle for recognition is exceeded by a post sovereignty order where the state apparatus is a restricted entity for achieving this. Are the indigenous condemned to a new radical marginalization in this post-state era? Is this moment the opportunity for relaunching a new global transnational citizenship for indigenous people? In order to discuss this issue, this paper will be analyzing this contemporary problem of Latin American indigeneity by focusing on Uwas, Aymaras and Xincas. This paper will use modern political theory (Marramao, Galli, Schmitt) and cultural studies.