Abstract
The dynamics of conflict between the indigenous peasant movement and the State in Bolivia are examined in light of the political trajectory and the disputes that have shaped the life periods of the National Confederation of Native Indigenous Peasant Women “Bartolina Sisa” (1978-2018) and are interpreted in terms of autonomy. They emerged taking advantage of a fissure in the indigenous peasant movement, they promoted a project of unmediated representation or political self-representation that led to the formation of a political instrument with which they achieved hegemonic control of the State. In a context of availability for their participation, through their double militancy, they move towards state institutions, but their incorporation is contained as an exercise of discipline. The displacement of the organizations and the greater centrality of the political instrument during the last decade have updated the dilemma of the autonomy of the peasant movement.
Keywords
indigenous movement; peasant women; double militancy; autonomy