A Critical Review of Guatemala's Indigenous Movements

This seminar will explore five moments of the Maya Movement and the relationship between the ¿traditional¿ movements and the two new indigenous trends, to shed light on the complexities of indigenous organization in the XXI century. The goal of the course is to help students understand the intricacies of indigenous lives by understanding how internal transformations of their ways of organizing and struggling impact the Guatemalan State. Reading and discussions will be in English and Spanish.