Abstract
Access to an archive of videos recording popular trials organized according to “Mayan law” filmed by indigenous people in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, prompted the author to propose a collaborative video project with local indigenous mayors. This took place in a postwar region characterized by high levels of criminality and social violence, where the presence of state law was minimal or inexistent. The article discusses the possibilities and challenges of this collaborative project and emphasizes the uses of video in indigenous legal practices. It offers theoretical reflections on a range of issues, including legal pluralism, indigenous video, intertextuality and collaborative anthropology.
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