Kurs

The Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities

This course addresses the human rights of indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities, taking up contemporary tensions such as religious, social and political conditions, tensions between national sovereignty and collective and individual rights, as well as questions of identity. Significant emphasis is placed on the arguments that have been asserted by actual minority groups on these issues.

Efter kursen förväntas studenten:

  • show a comprehensive understanding of how indigenous peoples as well as the rights of ethnic and national minorities are defined in international law
  • with good understanding of the theoretical framework critically discuss how these rights relate to the nation-state and to democracy
  • demonstrate independent thinking and competence in undertaking research on indigenous peoples’ relationship to majority populations and cultural frameworks
  • show a comprehensive understanding of the situation of indigenous peoples in Scandinavia and the world

Anaya, S. James, 2004. Indigenous Peoples in International Law, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. (380 pp.)

Bodley, John H., 2015. Victims of Progress. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield (395 pp.).

Kymlicka, Will (1995) Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press (280 pp.).

Niezen, Ronald (2003) The Origins of Indigenism: Human Rights and the Politics of Identity. Berkeley: University of California Press (100 pp.).

Articles

Anaya, S. James (2009) “The Right of Indigenous Peoples to Self-Determination in the Post-Declaration Era”. In, C. Charters & R. Stavenhagen (eds.). Making the Declaration Work: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Copenhagen: IWGIA, Document No. 127, pp. 184-199 (15 pp.).

Asch, Michael and Samson, Colin, et al., 2004. “Dialogue on the Return of the Native”. Current Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 261-267 (7 pp.)

Bowen, John R., 2000. ”Should We have a universal concept of indigenous peoples’ rights?. Anthropology Today, vol. 16, No. 4 pp. 12-16 (5 pp.). Available at JSTOR. Note that this requires that you create an account at JSTOR.

Engle, Karen, 2011. On Fragile Architecture: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Context of Human Rights (23 pp) European Journal of International Law, vol. 22, No. 1, pp.141-163. Available at www.ejil.org/search.php

Johansson Dahre, Ulf, 2008. The Politics of Human Rights: Indigenous Peoples and the Conflict on Collective Human Rights”, The International Journal of Human Rights, (2008) vol. 12 , no 1, pp. 41-52. (12 pp.)

Kenrick, Justin & Lewis, Jerome, 2004. “Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and the Politics of the Term Indigenous”. Anthropology Today, vol.20, no 2, s 4-9 (6 pp.). Available at JSTOR. Note that this requires that you create an account at JSTOR.

Kipuri, Naomi (2009) “The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the African Context”. ”. In, C. Charters & R. Stavenhagen (eds.). Making the Declaration Work: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Copenhagen: IWGIA, Document No. 127, pp.252-263 (11 pp.). Avaliable at: Link

Kuper, Adam, 2003. “The Return of the Native”. Current Anthropology, vol 44, No. 3, pp. 388-402. (15 pp.)

Roy, Chandra K (2009). “Indigenous Peoples in Asia: Rights and Development Challenges”. In, C. Charters & R. Stavenhagen (eds.). Making the Declaration Work: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Copenhagen: IWGIA, Document No. 127, pp.216-231 (15 pp.).

Sehlin MacNeil, Kristina (2017) “Exploring extractive violence on indigenous country”. Umeå University: Centre for Sami Studies, pp. 33-42 (9 pp.). Available at www.diva-portal.org

Totten, Samuel, William S. Parson & Robert K. Hitchcock (2002) “Confronting Genocide and Ethnocide of Indigenous Peoples: An InterdisciplinarynApproach to Definition, Intervention, Prevention and Advocacy”. In. A.L. Hinton (ed.) Annihilating Difference: The Anthropology of Genocide. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 54-91 (37 pp.).

Total pages: 1.295

Reference material
IWGIA (2020) The Indigenous World. Copenhagen: IWGIA (784 pages)

Johansson Dahre, Ulf (2020, 2:a uppl.) The International Discourse on Indigenous Peoples: A Compilation of Legal and Political Texts. Lund: Palmkrons förlag (560 pages)

Additional Legal cases, 100 pages

Kurslitteraturen reviderades senast 5 oktober 2020.

Schemat finns tillgängligt senast en månad innan kursen startar. Vi rekommenderar inte att du skriver ut schemat eftersom vissa ändringar kan ske.

Öppna schemat

Kursansvarig

Ulf Johansson Dahre

Fil. dr, docent

ulf.johansson-dahre@ehs.se

Betyg

A = Framstående, B = Mycket bra, C = Bra, D = Tillfredsställande, E = Tillräcklig, Fx = Otillräcklig, komplettering möjlig, F = Otillräcklig

Examinationsformer

  • PM
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  • Student har möjlighet att tentera kurs enligt ursprunglig kursplan inom två år efter kurstillfället. Om särskilda skäl föreligger kan sådan omtentamen ske även senare. Normalt ges inte undervisning enligt äldre kursplan. Möjligheten till dispens ska avgöras av rektor eller prefekt.

Fastställd av Ämnesföreträdarkollegiet vid Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm den 22 mars 2011.

Senast reviderad den 19 februari 2020.