The Ins and Outs of Autonomy
Navigating the Borders and Boundaries of Autonomous Struggles in Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2022.1096Keywords:
autonomy, self-determination, state, capitalism, borders, MexicoAbstract
Drawing from processes of autonomous community organization in Mexico, this paper will interrogate and rethink the borders and boundaries of autonomy. Rather than articulating autonomy as some fully separated space with clearly delineated borders, this paper will show how struggles for autonomy in Mexico are constantly navigating their insides and outsides, organizing and inhabiting the border or boundary space. With this, we can begin to re-conceptualize autonomy without state-like borders as something in constant movement. In the same way, we can begin to take seriously the complexities and intricacies of autonomous struggles as they play out in practice.
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