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oai:doaj.org/article:c040f5f3c9be4412914238e9de0baa3e

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10.1590/S0104-71832011000100010

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The importance of being a gold: indigenous movements, identity policies and genetic research in Peruvian andes

Abstract

O objetivo deste artigo é explorar as inter-relações entre a pesquisa genética, as lutas políticas de movimentos indígenas e os processos de formação de identidade étnica. Em particular, visa analisar as condições sociais que levaram à colaboração entre os uros, um grupo indígena que habita as ilhas flutuantes do lago Titicaca (Peru), e pesquisadores do projeto Genográfico. Os uros, cujas reivindicações de uma identidade étnica diferenciada eram altamente contestadas no âmbito local, se associaram aos geneticistas com o objetivo de obter um apoio científico para a afirmação dessa identidade e como parte das suas estratégias políticas e demandas territoriais. Assim, esse caso contribui ao maior entendimento da incorporação da pesquisa genética dentro de políticas conceituais travadas em torno das identidades étnicas, bem como da articulação do conhecimento genético com registros preexistentes para definir tais identidadesThe objective of this paper is to explore the interrelations between genetic research with human populations, the political strategies of indigenous movements and processes of identity formation. In particular, it will analyse the social conditions that have resulted in the collaboration between the Uros, an indigenous group living on the floating islands of Lake Titicaca (Peru), and researchers of the Genographic project. The Uros, whose claims to a differentiated ethnic identity were highly contested within the local context, engaged with geneticists with the aim to obtain scientific support for this identity. This was part of their political strategies for their territorial rights. As such, this case offers new insights into the incorporation of genetic research within the conceptual politics waged around ethnic identities, as well as the articulation of genetic knowledge with pre-existing registers to define such identities

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