Afromexican organizations: institutional resources, changes and regulation at the dawn of the XXI century

 

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Autor: Lara Millán, Gloria
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2020
Descripción:In the first decade of the millennium, several Afro-Mexican organizations went through formal registration as institutions of the civil society to access public funds from government programs. This led to an important change in the use of their resources as collectives and the acquisition of knowledge. They faced some challenges such as adapting to the new rules of fund management to operate projects, as well as the professionalization and strengthening of their capacities. The text seeks to understand the processes of institutional change faced by Afro-Mexican civil society organizations that currently persist in the struggle for the recognition of the afro-descendant population in Mexico and development policies in accordance with their cultural specificities. On the one hand, the programs and funds offered by the government were minimal and largely constrained the work of the organizations. On the other hand, the government's commitments before international bodies opened a door for negotiations with State institutions for the ethnic recognition of the Afro-Mexican populations in the country. Currently, these populations are recognized in the second article of the country's Constitution and are about to be considered in the 2020 census. This document exemplifies the journeys of some of the Costa Chica of Oaxaca organizations, their journey from the end of 1990 to the first 15 years of the millennium. The article focuses on one of the organizational experiences. The research tries to reveal the use of the resources at some moments of their history and in certain circumstances, trying to show how the resources vary in their trajectory, in the interactions with certain actors, and the evolution of power relations in organizational mobilization.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/36369
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/antropologia/article/view/36369
Palabra clave:Afro-descendants
Afro-mexicans
Civil society organizations
Oxaca coast
Community management
Afrodescendientes
Afromexicanos
Organizaciones de la sociedad civil
Costa de Oaxaca
Gestión comunitaria