Cultural Preservation and Modern Development in the Amazon

Authors

Eric W. Linton, Brigham Young University

Keywords

cultural preservation, modern development, Peruvian Amazon, rights

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

In the summer of 2009 indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon headed a major grassroots movement against the national government in an effort to protect their lands and lifestyles. The protests brought due international attention to issues of human rights and land ownership that had previously been a local matter. Several months previous to the movement a colleague and I ventured to the Putumayo region of the Peruvian Amazon in an effort to understand the issues being faced by the people of those regions. Specifically, we aimed to understand the importance of self determined rights as a means to preserve tradition and culture. In addition, we wanted to understand what the threats to indigenous rights are and what they are doing to overcome those threats through political means.

Recommended Citation

Linton, Eric W. (2013) "Cultural Preservation and Modern Development in the Amazon," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 140.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/140