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THE LESSONS OF MAPIRIPÁN: A RESPONSE TO LESLEY GILL.

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    • Subject Terms:
      COLOMBIA; UNITED States
    • Subject Terms:
      KIRK, Robin; GILL, Lesley
    • Abstract:
      Robin Kirk offers a spirited response to Lesley Gill's "Labor and Human Rights: 'The Real Thing' in Colombia." Drawing on her own research and writing about Colombia, Kirk focuses on the massacre at Mapiripán to demonstrate multinationals, guerrillas, paramilitaries, and the United States government are all implicated in the complicated political economy of torture and murder in Colombia. Although Kirk acknowledges the issues Gill raises, she argues that anthropologists should not look for simplistic or easy answers but should instead seek to better understand complexities. Kirk concludes that "embracing complexity is not just good anthropology; it is good politics." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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