International: Indigeneity And Autochthony: A Couple Of False Twins?

International: Indigeneity And Autochthony: A Couple Of False Twins? Quentin Gausset, Justin Kenrick, and Robert Gibb, 2011   The term indigenous tends to be used for people who are already marginalised, while autochthonous is generally reserved for people who are dominant in a given area but fear future marginalisation. Anthropologists often sympathise with the former, while being highly critical of the latter, although a bitter debate opposes opponents and proponents of indigeneity and...

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