TY - GEN AB - This dissertation explores the participation of Indigenous Peoples in specific United Nations mechanisms. It closely examines the participation of Peruvian Indigenous Peoples through the Indigenous Fellowship Programme, which has been hosted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva since 1997. It aims to understand how the participation of Indigenous Peoples becomes tangible and highlights the diverse ways of being Indigenous within the United Nations system. Drawing on a multi-sited ethnography, I propose avenues to better understand the fluidity of Indigenous identities as Indigenous individuals co-constitute them. Likewise, this research delves into the meanings and thoughts surrounding the encounters between Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals, the complexities of Indigenous identities, and the acknowledgment that being Indigenous does not entirely define a person. This dissertation elucidates how United Nations narratives and practices impact the lives of Peruvian Indigenous fellows in their territories. Additionally, it challenges anthropological methods and theoretical canons, and encourages the ongoing decolonization of research practices to engage in research with and for Indigenous Peoples through a pluriversal approach. AU - Saco Chung, Urpi CN - HEITH 1548 CY - Geneva DA - 2025 ID - 319832 L1 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/319832/files/Thesis_Urpi_Saco_Chung_2025.pdf L2 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/319832/files/Thesis_Urpi_Saco_Chung_2025.pdf L4 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/319832/files/Thesis_Urpi_Saco_Chung_2025.pdf LK - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/319832/files/Thesis_Urpi_Saco_Chung_2025.pdf N2 - This dissertation explores the participation of Indigenous Peoples in specific United Nations mechanisms. It closely examines the participation of Peruvian Indigenous Peoples through the Indigenous Fellowship Programme, which has been hosted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva since 1997. It aims to understand how the participation of Indigenous Peoples becomes tangible and highlights the diverse ways of being Indigenous within the United Nations system. Drawing on a multi-sited ethnography, I propose avenues to better understand the fluidity of Indigenous identities as Indigenous individuals co-constitute them. Likewise, this research delves into the meanings and thoughts surrounding the encounters between Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals, the complexities of Indigenous identities, and the acknowledgment that being Indigenous does not entirely define a person. This dissertation elucidates how United Nations narratives and practices impact the lives of Peruvian Indigenous fellows in their territories. Additionally, it challenges anthropological methods and theoretical canons, and encourages the ongoing decolonization of research practices to engage in research with and for Indigenous Peoples through a pluriversal approach. PB - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies PP - Geneva PY - 2025 T1 - Ways of being indigenous within the United Nations systemindigenous Peruvian participation TI - Ways of being indigenous within the United Nations systemindigenous Peruvian participation UR - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/319832/files/Thesis_Urpi_Saco_Chung_2025.pdf ER -