ifda dossier 74 - Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation

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and civil servants in the Third World.
IWGIA, Indigenous Self-development in
the Americas, Proceedings of the IWGIA
Symposium at the Congress of American-
ists, Amsterdam 1988 (Copenhagen, 1989)
175pp.
Rucio Flores M,, Julian Amaro M. y
Juan Podesta A., Uybirmallco, Cerros que
nos dan la vida: Tradition Oral Aymara
(Iquique: CREAR, 1989) 186pp. El texto
que presentamos ha sido el resultado de
un largo trabajo de rescate y recuperation
del saber etnico aymara, En esta ocasion
presentamos 51 narraciones andinas,
todas recopilades en comunidades altoan-
dinas y precordilleranas del norte grande
de Chile. Esta muestra de texlos literarios
nos seriala que en nuestro espacio regio-
nal existe un tiempo y un espacio cultural-
mente distinto al que conocemos en la
ciudad; la tradicion oral aymara nos
refiere a un espacio en que el conocimi-
ento se articula en otra logica, poseedora
de un raciocinio con otros referentes,
otras motivaciones, y otros arquetipos. A
traves de estas narraciones veremos que
son poseedora de un tiempo distinto, en
que la historia no es el mero recuento
anecdotic0 ni cronologico de 10s hechos
acaecidos; en estos textos se nos muestra
que el tiempo es funcional a la ensehanza
y la formacion, en que no soio se da
cuenta de lo que hay que hacer, sino
tambien educa para ese hacer. Los
cuentos, leyendas, fabulas e historias que
aqui se expresan son parte de la tradicion
oral de este pueblo. En ellos se expresa
la memoria historica del pueblo andino,
y en ella se almacena sa sabiduria, sa-
piencia y conocimiento.
Charles Downs, Revolution at the
Grassroots: Community Organizations in
the Portuguese Revolution (New York:
State University of New York Press, 1989).
The book outlines the history of the revol-
utionary process in the national space and
as it was experienced in one major Por-
tuguese city. While generally little known,
the achievements of grassroots organiza-
tions in Portugal far exceeded those of
other industrialized countries, and their
examination provides insights, poses
important questions and suggests unex-
pected answers relevant far beyond Por-
tugal. The Portuguese revolution provides
a unique window through which to ex-
amine, not only the role of community
organizations in a time of revolutionary
change, but also the dynamics, potential,
and limitations of majority participation.
Over a period of nineteen months - begin-
ning with a military coup which ended the
longest lasting European dictatorship and
ending with another military coup - the
Portuguese society and political debate
were significantly transformed, largely by
the unanticipated development of mass
movements advocating direct democracy
and social, economic and political change.
The author marries empirical observation
and theoretical analysis to transcend the
limitations of most prior work on this topic.
He shows a great deal of sensitivity to the
complexity of the events he examines and
(unlike many) is not blinded by theoretical
presuppositions or slavish empiricism.
- P.T. Kuriakose, In Quest of Devel-
opment: Role of Non-Governmental Or-
ganisations (New Delhi: Vishwa Yuvak
Kendra, 1989) 28pp.
Three reports from ANGOC: In Search
of Social Relevance: Philippine Rural Youth
in Perspective, 27pp; A Perspective on the
State of NGOs in Rural Development:
Indonesia, 18pp; id: Sri Lanka, 26pp.
0 Fernand Vincent et Piers Campbell,
Renforcer I'aufonomie financiers des
associations et ONG de developpement
du Tiers Monde (Geneve: IRED, 1989)
300pp. La plupart des associations de