‘TIPNIS somos todos’: Discourse of Indigenousness within and beyond a national civil sphere

Danny Daniel Mollericona Alfaro

doi:10.2298/FID2501165M

Authors

Danny Daniel Mollericona Alfaro Department of Sociology, Yale University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2501165M

Keywords:

indigenous peoples, environmental conflicts, democracy, cultural sociology, Bolivia

Abstract

This paper explores the intersection of indigeneity, environmental conflicts, and global solidarities. Adopting a theoretical framework from the Strong Program of Cultural Sociology, this research examines how indigenous groups contesting environmental threats invoke a deep structure of discourse to cultivate solidarity beyond their communities at national and international levels. The TIPNIS (Territorio Indígena y Parque Nacional Isiboro-Sécure) conflict, where lowland Indigenous groups marched against a state-backed highway project, serves as a case study. Employing a hermeneutic approach, this study analyzes 160 op-eds and editorials from Bolivian newspapers, revealing how public discourse framed indigenous resistance within a moral structure of collectivist, environmental, and non-liberal motives. The findings contribute to understanding how the Indigenous Sphere interacts with and challenges frameworks of democracy and solidarity.

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