Digital Mapuche activism between decolonisation and digital warfare.
The resistance of Mapuche organisations and communities against state repression and continued forms of coloniality in contemporary Chile is one of today's most visible and active Indigenous movements in Latin America. A key factor of this increased visibility is digital Mapuche activism, in which i...
| Published in: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 46; no. 10; pp. 1156 - 1173 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2025
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