Manuin, Santiago. Surviving the Bagua massacre (1 digital object(s)) Archives / Collections and Fonds

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Manuin, Santiago. Surviving the Bagua massacre

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Manuin, Santiago. Surviving the Bagua massacre
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Manuin, Santiago. Surviving the Bagua massacre

Date:

February 2014

Reference:

R16853-64-0-E, Volume number: 2, File number: 69

File no. (creator):

69

Type of material:

Moving images, Textual material, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5858754

Date(s):

February 2014

Place of creation:

Peru

Extent:

1 video file (.mov).
2 sound files (.mp3).
1 closed caption file (.vtt).
1 textual document (.pdf).
1 folder of textual records.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

File consists of an interview with Santiago Manuin titled "Surviving the Bagua massacre." The interview was conducted by Silver Donald Cameron as part of The Green Interview. File includes video of the interview, audio, transcript, and closed captioning file.

From the interview with Santiago Manuin: "For an Indigenous person from the Amazon, the image of nature is one that is integral to humans. We are not separate entities. We need nature to live, to develop as people. Nature assures that humans achieve a balance in accordance with their needs so that they can achieve "buen vivir." Contemporary versions of this idea are called sustainability, sustainable development. The Awajun people are rooted in these values. Therefore, with this crisis, we have to defend our livelihood and our land. Because nature supports us, we have to defend nature-it is our source of survival. Since I have internalized this, I have dedicated myself to defending the environment, understanding that humans are important because they are part of creation. When President Alan García's government introduced legislation supporting projects that were very absurd, the Indigenous people had to oppose it because the projects were destructive. It would have been suicide to allow them to go forward. The education that I have had has taught me that struggle is permanent. This permanent struggle involves our defense of nature and nature's continued support for us. This is the image of God's creation. It is not a God of money or who knows what. The true God exists in this image. Our Indigenous cosmology requires us to respect and revere nature, not destroy it."

Additional information:

General note:

From The Green Interview website: "Topic: Indigenous."

From The Green Interview website: Santiago Manuín Valera of the Awajun indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon, who was shot, almost fatally, by the Peruvian army during an epic confrontation in Bagua in 2009. A pacifist, he is a devout Christian and a founder of the Jesuit Social Centre in his community. In Spanish, with translation.

Related material:

For audio-visual recordings of this interview, see IDCISN 609003, 609004.

For other interviews that discuss the Amazon, see: Acosta, Alberto. Embedding Pachama in the constitution (Mikan no. 5858693); Fajardo, Pablo and Donziger, Steven. Waiting for justice in the Amazon rain forest (Mikan no. 5858719); Greene, Natalia. Recognizing the rights of mother nature (Mikan no. 5858722); Soltani, Atossa. Amazon Watch, oil and the rights of nature (Mikan no. 5858784).

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Moving images (video): electronic

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Textual records: electronic

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Electronic container [R16853] R16853-64-0

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Textual records

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Volume [R16853]

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2 File number 3

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Sound recordings : electronic

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