The Takeover of the National Indigenous Peoples' Institute (INPI): The Political Experience of a Disruptive Action by the Otomí Community in Mexico City

Autor/in	Jiménez, Florina Mendoza
Titel	The Takeover of the National Indigenous Peoples' Institute (INPI): The Political Experience of a Disruptive Action by the Otomí Community in Mexico City
Quelle	In: Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 20 (2022) 1, S.199-223 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Indigenous Populations; Civil Rights; Housing; Equal Education; Health; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Social Bias; Urban Areas; Cultural Influences; Political Issues; Females; Government Role; Activism; Institutions; Social Change; Social History; Mexico (Mexico City) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sinti und Roma; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Unterkunft; Gesundheit; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Urban area; Stadtregion; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Politischer Faktor; Weibliches Geschlecht; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Sozialer Wandel; Sozialgeschichte
Abstract	This paper presents an approach to the political experience of the Otomí community living in Mexico City and its councillor Maricela Mejía, in their struggle for the right to housing, education, health and work. They have been making these demands for more than twenty years to cover basic needs, but they have been denied because of the marginalised and excluded conditions in which they live in the urban context. The aim of this text is to show the struggle of the Otomí community as a collective subject can be understood as a defence of the territory, as a space that symbolises the cultural continuity, identity and political action of the original peoples. This text focuses on the seizure of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI) by the Otomí community on 12 October 2020. The INPI, as a government institution, has its antecedent in the Instituto Nacional Indigenista (INI), which took the reins of Mexican welfarism, promoting plans and projects focused on the improvement of "indigenous" communities, with development ideas. The political participation of Otomi women in the takeover of the Institute has been fundamental, as they are the ones who have the spoken up in front of government representatives, a situation in which women demand and play a leading role as interlocutors. In addition to proposing alternative forms of organization and resistance, based on accompaniment, listening and exchange with women from other indigenous peoples and other organizations in struggle. This text recovers some of my experiences of my approach to this movement of struggle and accompaniment of the Otomí community in the takeover of the INPI. It also recovers the words and some experiences of the Otomí women's communication commission for the representation of their word and voice before the representatives of the Mexican government. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01