Principles of Multiculturality and Human Rights in Latin America – Several Observations

Authors

  • Magdalena Krysińska-Kałużna University of Warsaw, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12797/AdAmericam.17.2016.17.03

Keywords:

human rights, Indigenous Peoples Rights, multiculturalism, customary law

Abstract

This article argues that the concept of multiculturalism, which is an extremely valuable asset, may, in the context of various interpretations, serve to resolve social conflicts. However, it may also generate conflicts. Using examples from several Latin American countries, the text will present some significant elements that drive processes, in which the principles of multiculturalism may be contradictory to the ideal of multiculturalism on which were grounded.

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Author Biography

  • Magdalena Krysińska-Kałużna, University of Warsaw, Poland

    an anthropologist, has conducted fieldwork in Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. She works at the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Warsaw. She is interested mostly in relations between customary law and positive law, human rights in the context of cultural relativism, culture contact in the Amazon, cultural conflict, cultural change, discrimination, and cultural, ethnic, and social minorities.

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30-12-2016

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Vol. 17 (2016)

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Focus on: Latin American Studies

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Krysińska-Kałużna, Magdalena. “Principles of Multiculturality and Human Rights in Latin America – Several Observations”. Ad Americam, vol. 17, Dec. 2016, pp. 33-45, https://doi.org/10.12797/AdAmericam.17.2016.17.03.