Center for World Indigenous Studies

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Heidi Bruce

• Mexico’s “War on Drugs”

  Dec 30, 2011 by Heidi Bruce

  Mexico’s violent “War on Drugs”, backed by the United States government and transnational corporate interests, has come to dominate global headlines, but behind the graphic images of mass graves and decapitated bodies, a lesser-known war against indigenous peoples is being waged.  Equally as worthy of local, regional and international attention, this war is steeped in... more →

  Posted in Artby - Heidi Bruce, Environment, Human Rights, Law & Justice

• Mexico Profundo

  Dec 13, 2011 by Heidi Bruce

  In his seminal book Mexico Profundo, Guillermo Bonfil Batalla describes the collective body of indigenous resistance within Mexico as the Profound Mexico—“an entity that has resisted invading forces for centuries and that keeps resisting, appealing to diverse strategies, depending on the scheme of domination to which it is subjected” (Batalla, 1996). Nowhere is this creative... more →

  Posted in Artby - Heidi Bruce

• Climate & Food Security: Re-thinking Vulnerability

  Dec 8, 2011 by Heidi Bruce

  Landing at Puerto Vallarta International Airport in Mexico’s western state of Jalisco felt risky and appropriate: it was October 11th, the same day that hurricane Jova was expected to make landfall. The threatening category 3 storm was just off the coast as I was beginning my research assistant position on “Indigenous food security adaptation and... more →

  Posted in Artby - Heidi Bruce, Arts and Culture, Environment, Food Security