Identidad y cultura: una interpretación cultural de los Navajo-Hopi tierra de controversias

Otto F. von Feigenblatt

doi:10.15178/va.2010.111.34-46

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Published: Jun 15, 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2010.111.34-46

Keywords:

Ethnic Conflict, Identity Politics, Land Dispute, Conflict Analysis

Otto F. von Feigenblatt

Nova Southeastern University. Florida (USA)

Abstract

This interpretive essay provides a socio-cultural explanation of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute based on the rich narrative account of the conflict by Benedek (1999). A macro-level of analysis is taken so as to identify the general trends of the conflict. SPITCEROW, the acronym for a simple analytical instrument, is used to identify the main components of the overall conflict. Finally an analytical section explains the conflict through the use of the Social Identity Theory and supports it by using a broad cultural approach. The paper concludes that identity needs were at the core of the conflict and that once those issues were addressed and satisfactorily resolved, secondary issues were amicably negotiated and a settlement was reached.

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von Feigenblatt, Otto F. 2010. “Identity and Culture: A Cultural Interpretation of the Hopi-Navajo Land Dispute”. Vivat Academia. Journal of Communication, no. 111 (June):34-46. https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2010.111.34-46.

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Issue 111 - June 2010 - Year XIII

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Research Articles

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Author Biography

Otto F. von Feigenblatt, Nova Southeastern University. Florida (USA)

Es miembro elegido de la Real Sociedad Asiática de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda, así como un académico de la ciencia social de la Constantiniana de la Academia de las Artes, Letras y Ciencias en Palermo, Italia. Recientemente fue nombrado profesor honorario de las ciencias sociales por la Organizacion Mundial de Medicina Alternativa en Madrid, España. El profesor von Feigenblatt es el autor del libro "Seguridad Humana en la Región Asiática del Pacífico: Desafíos de Seguridad, Integración Regional y Estudios de casos representativos" que será publicado por Libros Yking. Su investigación ha aparecido en varias revistas académicas y sus comentarios han sido publicados por United Press International, entre otros.

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