More than batons against firearms. Collective action of Caucano indigenous movement in violent times

Abstract

A struggle between batons and firearms has been fought in the mountains of Northern Cauca between the Nasa indigenous people and the FARC-EP guerrilla. They represent two antagonistic political projects disputing territory and autonomy. How were the indigenous’ batons able to confront the guerrillas’ weapons in their fight for territory and autonomy? Constructing a wide repertoire of collective actions with strategies of deterrence, mitigation, negotiation, and confrontation, creating social, political, and cultural resources of mobilization in a political context that combines opportunities and threats.