Episode 09
What does it mean to be a woman and a Bolivian national? Listen to Alba (alias) share her stories of being othered during her time as a flight attendant in an international airline and as a Master student pursuing her studies in international development.
Recommended sources:
On indigenous communities in Bolivia
“Bolivia,” World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, January 2018. [a brief background]
“Bolivia,” Atlas of Humanity, 2020. [a short overview of Bolivia’s history and its people with photos]
“Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia,” International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, 2020. [to look at first part specifically “Indigenous peoples in Bolivia”]
Alejandro F. Mercado, Lykke E. Andersen, and Beatriz Muriel H., “Discriminación Étnica En El Sistema Educativo y El Mercado de Trabajo de Bolivia,” Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico, 2003. [a short interview with an indigenous leader who talks about the struggles of indigenous people in Bolivia - in Spanish]
On racism and ethnic discrimination in Bolivia
Mariana Sanchez, “Indigenous Bolivians Fear Renewed Racism after Morales Removed,” Aljazeera, November 25, 2019. [on racism in the current political climate]
Xavier Albó, “Ethnic Violence: The Case of Bolivia,” in The Culture of Violence, 1994, 119–41. [a useful article to understand the current situation in Bolivia]
Gabriel Romano, “Evo Morales y El Indigenismo, Una Combinación Que Busca Seguir En Bolivia,” Agencia EFE, October 3, 2019. [on Morales as an indigenous president and the inclusion of indigenous peoples in Bolivian society as well as contradictions - in Spanish]
Alejandro F. Mercado, Lykke E. Andersen, and Beatriz Muriel H., “Discriminación Étnica En El Sistema Educativo y El Mercado de Trabajo de Bolivia,” Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico, 2003. [a study on ethnic discrimination in the Bolivian educational system and labor market - in Spanish]
On Cholitas
Eduardo Leal, “The Rise of Bolivia’s Indigenous ‘cholitas’ - in Pictures,” The Guardian, February 22, 2018. [on developments in Cholitas’ rights in pictures]
VICE, Redefining Fashion & Architecture in Bolivia: Cholitas y Cholets, 2017. [on the role of Cholitas in Bolivian society - touches upon questions around race, identity and language]
On racism aimed at Bolivian migrants abroad
“Bolivianos En Argentina Aún Sufren Discriminación, Según Defensor Del Pueblo,” LA INFORMACIÓN, March 28, 2014. [a short article on Bolivian migrants’ experiences in Argentina - in Spanish]
On racism in development sector
