Date of Award
2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Social Sciences
First Advisor
Hernandez, Sarah
Area of Concentration
Human Geography
Abstract
This senior project is a multimedia approach to demonstrate how Indigenous peoples have been dispossessed of their lands and show that their land grab efforts are their response to such dispossession. Through an exploration of Indigenous history in the United States and Canada I explain the way primitive accumulation is pursued through support of the state and leads to the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their land. I also explore the relationship between the state and the Zapatistas of Chiapas Mexico and show that their movement is a call for land back, similar to what is observed in the United States and Canada. The first half of the project is a paper on the Zapatista uprising and the second half is a podcast that explains primitive accumulation, how it impacts Indigenous peoples' relationship with the state, and connect the Zapatistas with the Indigenous struggles in the United States and Canada
Recommended Citation
Carrelli, Jake, "Indigenous Land Back Movements as Response to Dispossession: The Zapatista Case in Comparative Perspective" (2023). Theses & ETDs. 6335.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/6335
Primitive Accumlation Podcast 1 with Gorup.wav (282669 kB)