Abstract

VALENCIA, Inge Helena. Identidades del caribe insular colombiano: otra mirada del caso isleño-raizal. CS [online]. 2008, n.2, pp.51-74. ISSN 2011-0324.  https://doi.org/10.18046/recs.i2.411.

In the Constitution of 1991, Colombia is defined as an ethnically plural and multicultural nation. This has implied the recognition of special rights and statutes of different populations and their territories, including, amongst others, the native population of the San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands. This recognition has caused the re-elaboration and reinvention of identity discourses by the native population. At the same time it has fostered conflicts between some sectors of this population and the Colombian State. This essay analyzes the discourses and other elements in the self-representation of the population, which construct the native identity, in order to explore the values that form that identity in the inter-cultural daily life of the Caribbean region.

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