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Taking as its geographical frame of reference the war-torn Huallaga Valley of the Peruvian Amazon – an epicenter for leftist rebels Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA), and Sendero Luminoso (SL) and a booming shadow economy based on the extraction and circulation of cocaine, oil and fine timbers--my current research is dedicated to broadening the postcolonial theoretical frameworks for contemporary understandings of indigenous narratives and legal pluralism in the wake of conflict.
The author gratefully acknowledges the ongoing research support from the University of Kansas General Research Fund (GRF) Award (#231063). For the sake of confidentiality, the identities of individuals mentioned in this commentary have been changed to pseudonyms.