Bibliographic citations
Cárdenas, T., (2023). Los Comités de Autodefensa y participación indígena en Huamanga: una estrategia antisubversiva del Estado [Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/24109
Cárdenas, T., Los Comités de Autodefensa y participación indígena en Huamanga: una estrategia antisubversiva del Estado []. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/24109
@mastersthesis{renati/530724,
title = "Los Comités de Autodefensa y participación indígena en Huamanga: una estrategia antisubversiva del Estado",
author = "Cárdenas López, Teresa Angélica",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2023"
}
From a qualitative approach, the main objective of this thesis is to understand the participation of the indigenous population in the Comités de Autodefensa (CAD) (SelfDefence Committees), or Rondas Campesinas (peasant militias), during the Internal Armed Conflict in Peru. The mainstream literature argues that they were very important actors in defeating Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path-SP), but the research works on the link between the CAD and the Peruvian State Military Forces are quite scarce. This research explores the experiences of CAD members in three aspects: their participation and experiences in these committees; the impact of this involvement on their family sphere; and the life they built after the internal war. Moreover, we analyze the strategies that the Peruvian Army implemented in order to promote the CAD’s actions in Huamanga (Ayacucho). The three main outcomes of this study are: 1) The different forms of participation followed by the CAD members, exploring their links with the State and SP, and analyzing both the submission to the orders of the State by indigenous peasants who were part of the former haciendas (large estates), and the multiple strategies used by the communities to deal with the Army and SP; 2) The Peruvian Army got some CAD members to act against their wishes, considering that most of them did not join voluntarily the military barracks of Lima and Ayacucho in order to become a CAD officer. We also found important differences in the position and level of membership they had as community leaders and/or CAD officers; 3) The different impacts on their post-conflict life, such as forced migrations, estrangement from their family and community, family breakup, and in some cases, a lonely life.
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