Senior Citizen Board: A Hidden Story Behind a Tradition in La Mosquitia

Authors

  • Jorge Matamoros Bushey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/wani.v59i0.255

Keywords:

Mosquitia

Abstract

The following study intends to provide a reading of events advocating independence, which are led by the senior citizen boards in the Miskito communities of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast. Considering this objective, the text is the product of a reflection. Such reflection comes from the direct experience observation of the facts and the assistance of the qualified opinion from other observers that belong to the local journalists circle, members of other professional discipline and community participants of the events. The article is divided in three sections. The first part deals with the valuation of the incidents in the region. The second part underlines slightly the cultural-symbolic importance of senior citizens within the idiosyncrasy of the community. The last and third section attempts to present the Communitarian Nation concept of La Mosquitia, as well as the basic demands of senior citizens.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/wani.v59i0.255

Wani No.59 2009 pp.8-18

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Author Biography

Jorge Matamoros Bushey

Métodos y Técnicas de Investigación Social en el Centro de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Sociológicas de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, La Habana, 1987. Licenciatura en Sociología por la Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), Managua, 1993. Maestría en Antropología Social con Mención en Desarrollo por la Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense (URACCAN), 2005. Miembro del equipo de investigación social del CIDCA, 1982-1995. Coresponsable del Proyecto de Institucionalización de la Autonomía Municipal del Territorio de Prinzapolka 1995-1999. Responsable del Departamento de Programas y Proyectos de la Asociación Instituto de Desarrollo Social de la Iglesia Morava (ADSIM), 2000-2006. Investigador asociado de la Casa de los Tres Mundos, 2009. Participación en varios estudios interdisciplinarios e inter institucionales sobre investigaciones socio-culturales y económicas de las comunidades de la Costa Caribe, 1987-2009.

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Published

2011-02-03

How to Cite

Bushey, J. M. (2011). Senior Citizen Board: A Hidden Story Behind a Tradition in La Mosquitia. Wani, 59, 8–18. https://doi.org/10.5377/wani.v59i0.255

Issue

Vol. 59 (2009)

Section

Articles