Civil organization of black people in Oaxaca

Abstract

This work proposes an interpretation of the performance of organized social groups in Oaxaca, based on the idea of constructing spaces for the cultural and political participation and recognition of Black and Afro-descendent communities. The analysis is part of a critical stance toward the classical approach on civil society, which argues its conceptual scope from within a context of racialization and the coloniality of power. The reflexive intention is to generate an epistemic destabilization through proposing a dialogue between the interpretive frameworks whose discourses put into question our own racial perceptions, both personal and academic, regarding these new social actors and their collective actions.