Foes and allies: the Catholic Church, Acción Cultural Popular (ACPO), and the emergence of the indigenous movement in Cauca, Colombia

dc.contributor.authorCortes, Diego
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-31T22:31:10Z
dc.date.available2024-10-31T22:31:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description24 pages
dc.description.abstractLiterature on Latin American social movements has discussed the contributions of post-Second Vatican Council (SVC) (1963–1965) progressive branches of the Catholic Church in the formation of indigenous movements. However, this literature has largely ignored discussions on the intervention of non-SVC and conservative branches of the Catholic establishment. This article illustrates the role of the modernizing educational program Acción Cultural Popular (ACPO) (1949), a Catholic organization aligned with conservative forces of the Colombian State and developmental agencies from abroad, in the formation of the indigenous movement of the department of Cauca by Misak and Nasa indigenous people, who pioneered the indigenous movement in the country. ACPO provided educational tools and contacts that contributed to the creation of the indigenous movement of Cauca in the 1970s. However, it also promoted problematic technologies that affected indigenous territories and modes of understanding indigenous cultures that belittled the traditions of the Misak and Nasa indigenous people.
dc.identifier.citationDiego Mauricio Cortés (2019) Foes and allies: the Catholic Church, Acción Cultural Popular (ACPO), and the emergence of the indigenous movement in Cauca, Colombia, Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, 14:2, 171-193, DOI: 10.1080/17442222.2019.1612828
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/17442222.2019.1612828
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/30160
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherLatin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY
dc.subjectColombia, development, indigenous movement, popular education, Social Catholicism
dc.titleFoes and allies: the Catholic Church, Acción Cultural Popular (ACPO), and the emergence of the indigenous movement in Cauca, Colombia
dc.typeArticle

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