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

authored by: 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.
Organisation(s): Sociology Department
Type: Contribution to book/anthology
Publication date: 06.07.2021
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.98785 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

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title = "Indigenous Peoples, Uncertainty and Exclusion in the Global South in Periods of the Pandemic",
abstract = "The indigenous peoples are distributed in all regions of the world, representing more than 6% of the world{\textquoteright}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.",
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