LATAUTONOMY: Multicultural autonomy: a necessary condition for sustainable development in latin America

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 01.0127

Key words (English)

Autonomy; indigenous rights; indian territories; intercultural education; local institution building; sustainability;
Coordination; Cooperation; Economic Aspects; Scientific Research

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: ICA4-2000-10186

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 2.3 Developing countries

Short description (English)

See abstract

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Ludwig-Boltzmann Institute, Vienna (A), Institute for Law and Religion, Vienna (A), Tricontinental Center, Louvain-la-Neuve (B), Insitute of Ethnology - FU, Berlin (D), Metropolitan University Mexico (MX)

Abstract (English)

The project is an intent to establish new social parameters for a convivial civil society through a research of the basic structures of the ongoing autonomy-processes in indigenous societies of Latin America. It implies both: a systematic learning - throughout approximately two years of field research - from indigenous cultures in six different areas of Latin America and an effort to give scientifically grounded recommendations for a policy aimed at sustainable development and the democratisation of the social environment. The project will try furthermore to state an example for an inter- disciplinary and multicultural research process applicable also to Europe

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 01.0127