Edgar Esquit is a researcher at the Instituto de Estudios Interétnicos y de los Pueblos Indígenas, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences from El Colegio de Michoacán and a Master's degree in Social Anthropology from the ciesas-West. His line of work focuses on research on the history of indigenous peoples. He is the author of several articles and books, among them Community and State in the revolution, Tujaal Editions, 2019.

Coloquios interdisciplinarios

Comment on the colloquium "Beyond decoloniality: discussion of some key concepts" by
  • David Lehmann
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Political Identities and Democracy of Indigenous Communities, Contributions to a Discussion of Heterogeneity

  • Edgar Esquit

Keywords: autonomy, cultural identities, democracy, history, political identities.

The paper brings to the discussion the history of indigenous communities in order to present different perspectives on social justice in the universalist sense. It is suggested that, instead of emphasizing only cultural identities, it is essential to open the discussion on the formation of political identities developed by indigenous communities and peoples. It is emphasized that democracy in Latin America can be thought of on the basis of the heterogeneity of the political positions adopted by indigenous peoples and communities.