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Gladys Tzul Tzul at the fifth Festival of Indigenous Cultures, Peoples and original Neighborhoods in Mexico City on September 2, 2018.

Gladys Tzul Tzul is a Maya K'iche writer, academic, feminist and activist from Guatemala. Tzul Tzul's work focuses on the independence of indigenous people, their forms of government and their resistance to authority in Guatemala. She emphasizes that women are central to the struggle for land rights in the country.

Biography

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Tzul Tzul was born in Paqui, Totonicapán.[1] She is Maya K'iche and traces her lineage back to Atanasio Tzul [es], leader of an 1820 Mayan rebellion.[2][3][4] Tzul Tzul earned a master's degree in Latin American studies from Alberto Hurtado University.[1] In 2014, she was a PhD student at the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.[1] In 2018, she was awarded the Voltaire Prize from the University of Potsdam.[5]

Tzul Tzul considers herself a popular feminist who believes in the creation of a cooperative society where people have control over their own lives and work.[6] Her work focuses on indigenous ways of forming government, their relationships to power, and their struggles with various forms of authority in Guatemala.[7] Tzul Tzul has fought for indigenous communities to keep control of their land when business interests try to force them out of their homes.[8] She emphasizes that indigenous people should be allowed to create their own form of government and that women are central to the indigenous struggle for autonomy.[9][6] She has received death threats for her work.[10]

Selected bibliography

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  • Gobierno comunal indígena y estado Guatemalteco: Algunas claves críticas para comprender su tensa relación. Guatemala: Instituto Amaq'. 2018. ISBN 9789929778276.
  • Sistemas de gobierno comunal indígena: Mujeres y tramas de parentesco en Chuimeq'ena'. Guatemala: Sociedad Comunitaria de Estudios Estratégicos. 2016. ISBN 9789929634404.
  • "Las migraciones: Acercamiento desde el análisis biopolítico". La antropología en Centroamérica: Reflexiones y perspectivas. Franco Gabriel Ascencio, editor. Chiapas, Mexico: Tuxtla Gutiérrez. 2010. ISBN 9786077510826.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Muñoz Sequeira, Eduardo (25 November 2014). "'Las mujeres cambiaron la historia judicial'". Universidad de Costa Rica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Gladys Tzul Tzul". Festival Internacional de la Imagen. Retrieved 2020-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Gladys Tzul Tzul". CITS. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  4. ^ Stewart, Iain (2009-02-16). The Rough Guide to Guatemala. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-84836-808-8.
  5. ^ Jung, Karina. "Award Recipient for 2018". University of Potsdam. Retrieved 2020-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b "Women in Popular struggles in America and the World: An Interview with Silvia Federici". TLAXCALA. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 2020-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Scholz, Jana (4 June 2018). "2018 Voltaire Prize goes to Sociologist Gladys Tzul Tzul". Potsdam University. Retrieved 2020-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Carrillo, Eduardo (26 September 2018). "Gladys Tzul Tzul, pide apoyo y solidaridad con las luchas indígenas en México | Universidad de Guadalajara". Universidad de Guadalajara (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Oaxaqueñas revolucionan desde la cocina, la palabra y la medicina tradicional". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). 25 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Hernández, Oswaldo J. (28 January 2014). "La estrategia de poner límites al Estado". Plaza Pública (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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