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Minga

Organisation(s)
Creating Safer Space
Publication year
2023
Abstract

This film explores the history and meaning of a community-based socio-cultural and political practice known as Minga, an indigenous form of protest and resistance. The film looks at Minga in the context of armed conflict through the experiences of resistance of the Nasa indigenous communities in the department of Cauca, Colombia. It was created by a group of local researchers from the Indigenous Community of Caldono, Resguardo San Lorenzo, Ancestral land Sath Tama Kiwe in 2023. This film was produced as part of the Creating Safer Space research project “Community strategies for Unarmed Civilian Protection in South-West Colombia”, https://creating-safer-space.com/community-strategies-for-unarmed-civil….

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Link
https://creating-safer-space.com/short-film-minga/
Access
Open
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Source

Indigenous Community of Caldono

Source type
Video
Country
Colombia
Language(s)
Spanish

The UCP Knowledge Database was created by the Creating Safer Space network, a Network Plus financed by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) through the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). The UCP Knowledge Database is now hosted by the UCP Academy.

Photograph by Laura Diosa Vera and Sofia Garcia 'Ponchis'

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