Indigenous Peoples, Uncertainty and Exclusion in the Global South in Periods of the Pandemic

verfasst von

Javier Alfonso Lastra Bravo

Abstract

The indigenous peoples are distributed in all regions of the world, representing more than 6% of the world’s population. According to UN data, the pandemic has disproportionately affected indigenous groups, aggravating the structural inequalities and processes of widespread historical discrimination and exclusion present in the Global South, for example, high rates of extreme poverty, social exclusion, high prevalence of the disease, and limited and in some cases non-existent access to health care. Also, indigenous peoples have a great wealth of knowledge, traditional practices, cultural forms, and access to natural resources, as well as forms of collective social organization and community life that result in resilience factors in response to adversity and uncertainty. In this way, the chapter focuses from a descriptive-analytical approach on the situation of indigenous peoples and the pandemic, analyzing the forms of responses, their resilient action in the face of uncertainties and structural exclusions in the Global South.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Soziologie

Typ

Beitrag in Buch/Sammelwerk

Publikationsdatum

06.07.2021

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 1 – Keine Armut, SDG 10 – Weniger Ungleichheiten

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.98785 (Zugang: Offen)