Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T20:21:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Corrado Dalmonego.pdf: 3944085 bytes, checksum: 38c673ec12b6432ccaa0c27897b3d9e4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-17 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This dissertation is an ethnography realized among the Yanomami communities of the Catrimani river basin (Indigenous Yanomami land, Roraima), where, in 1965, the religious of the Consolata Institute established a mission station. It acquires theoretical relevance for studying a particular case regarding the relations between an indigenous society and a non-indigenous agency and it has a practical interest aimed at unveiling possible misunderstandings and at thinking, in the dialogue, about possible ways towards an indigenist action. A historical exposition, resulting from bibliographic revision and consultation of the mission archives, allowed to reconstruct the context on examination and the meetings of the Yanomami with the napëpë (non-Indians). From this reconstruction, the study of ethnographies referring to the Yanomami or other indigenous peoples, permitted to discuss some analytical categories fundamental for the research. In dialogue with such references, this work focussed upon the relations built between the Yanomami and the missionaries, tried to highlight an indigenous perspective and perception of the contact, attempted to recognize the strategies carried out to organize interaction. Our cognition proportionate to the living together in the communities‟ space and the analysis of yanomami speeches made it possible for the research to bring into relief the process of domestication and construction of the alterity embodied by the paeterepë (the missionaries), that was achieved as soon as conditions of readiness to reciprocal openness did exist / Esta dissertação é uma etnografia realizada nas comunidades Yanomami da região do médio rio Catrimani (Terra Indígena Yanomami, Roraima), entre as quais, em 1965, os religiosos do Instituto da Consolata estabeleceram um posto missionário. Adquire relevância teórica por estudar um caso particular nas relações entre uma sociedade indígena e uma agência não indígena; e possui interesse prático direcionado a desvendar eventuais equívocos e pensar, dialogicamente, possíveis caminhos para a atuação indigenista. Uma exposição histórica resultado de revisão bibliográfica e consulta aos arquivos de missionários , permitiu reconstruir o contexto em exame e os encontros dos Yanomami com os napëpë (não indígenas). A partir desta reconstrução, o estudo de etnografias referentes aos Yanomami e a outros povos indígenas, possibilitou discutir algumas categorias de análise fundamentais à pesquisa. Em diálogo com tais referenciais, este trabalho focalizou as relações construídas entre os Yanomami e os missionários; tentou destacar a perspectiva indígena e sua representação do contato; e buscou reconhecer as estratégias acionadas para organizar a interação. A compreensão proporcionada pela convivência no espaço das comunidades e a análise de discursos yanomami, permitiram que a pesquisa evidenciasse o processo de domesticação e de construção da alteridade dos paeterepë (os missionários), conseguido apenas quando existem condições de disponibilidade à abertura recíproca

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The thesis focuses on inter-ethnic relations in Latvia and Estonia. The aim of this paper is to analyze the position of members of Russian speaking minorities in social and political landscapes of the two Baltic countries. First chapter is devoted to the settlement evolution of Russian speaking population in Latvia and Estonia. Second part of the thesis provides a comparison of current Latvian and Estonian legal regulations related to citizenship, state language and protection of the rights of members of ethnic minorities. Last chapter analyzes the conditions of origin and spread of nationalism in Latvia and Estonia and the activity of nationalist subjects in the Latvian and Estonian political systems.

Under what configuration of conditions do ethno-territorial conflicts escalate, and under what configurations of conditions is conflict avoided between a minority and the centre in multi- ethnic states? This dissertation employs qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in order to capture the causal patterns of conflict escalation and peace preservation. By simultaneously analysing the causes of conflict and the conditions of peace, this dissertation bridges a significant gap in the existing literature that assumes causal linearity and unifinality. The QCA analysis this dissertation conducts is grounded in empirical evidence from the South Caucasus where, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, three newly independent states emerged and grappled with the accommodation of ethnic-minorities and their evolving identities. The QCA analysis reveals that, contrary to the popular premise that regional autonomy is "an effective antidote" for ethno-territorial wars, autonomy in the South Caucasus was conducive to conflict and the lack of autonomy was conducive to peace. Nevertheless, this dissertation does not suggest that autonomy on its own can explain the complexity of inter-ethnic relations. Rather, it argues that there were multiple configurations of conditions that interacted to produce...

The inter-ethnic conflict between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo have persisted since the war in Kosovo in 1999, even though it has been improved in recent years. A friendly relationship between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo is vital for the future of Kosovo, and for the security in the Balkan region. The aim with this study is to explain how the relationship between Serbs and Albanians has changed since Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008. Interviews have been conducted with six Serbs and six Albanians living in Kosovo. The interviews were mainly based on three key moments which were considered to have had an influence on the inter-ethnic relationship. The results from the interviews showed that these three key moments have resulted in antagonism between, but also within the two ethnic groups. However, the growth of antagonism seems to have been a consequence of how politicians and media on both sides in Kosovohave handled these key moments, rather than as a consequence of the key moments per se.

The aim of this dissertation is to examine inter-ethnic relations between organizationally active people with different ethnic backgrounds. I focus on relations that are based on a mutual interdependence between parties, mutual respect, common procedural rules, real opportunities that expressly approve or reject a proposal in a decision or deliberation situation free from compulsion, where people, who have different ethnic backgrounds, strive after insight and understanding in their relations. In this dissertation I present three empirical cases about cooperation, consultation and participation as forms of inter-ethnic relations from the organizational fields in the society. These cases are examples of what I characterize as “organizing inter-ethnicity”, or organizing people with different ethnic backgrounds around common concerns. Organizing inter-ethnicity is in turn a part of organizing and integrating diversity in society. Drawing on the results of three case studies, I distinguish between opportunities and barriers. My case studies clearly illustrate that the tensions that influence the patterns of and variation in opportunities and barriers have sources that reach well beyond ethnicity. Tensions between old and new organizations, between working immigrant organizations and refugee organizations, between organizations from same group or between organizations that have conflicts from their members’ countries of origin provide some examples of the difficulties that generate barriers to broad interest constellations between organizations.