![]() Nonetheless, my chances of being recognized as indigenous are pretty much zero to none. In short, territoriality and indigeneity are no longer assumed as necessarily coextensive, although the struggle for territory and the related redress are the primary focus of most indigenous peoples’ claims. Traditional knowledge, cultural identity, communitarian self-awareness rooted in (allegedly) ancestral origins, and so on, constitute the connotative props necessary to claim the ‘right’ to be recognized as indigenous. On the other hand, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) does not provide any definition of ‘indigeneity,’ and does not reference any particular territories or specific geographical areas. Among those subjects legally entitled to consider themselves ‘indigenous people’ today are Asian, African, and even some European migrant communities or ethnic groups. Certainly, the current concept of indigeneity is broader than it once was, as our ideas of indigeneity are no longer strictly connected to the misappropriations and plunders perpetrated by European colonizers since the dawn of (Western) modernity. I cannot express any serious complaints about my ability to ‘live’ my culture and - flaw of flaws - my professional status ranks highly in Western society.Īccording to current assumptions about entitlement for claiming indigenous rights, there is no chance I would be recognized as indigenous. ![]() I am a legal scholar, and a full professor at Parma University. To this end, let me introduce myself: I was born in Sicily, thereby in Italy, to native Italian parents I do not belong to a decolonized territory, nor am I a member of any minority group or ethnicity. ![]() I would like to begin this essay by analyzing the simple and somewhat whimsical question I offer as a title for this prologue.
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