Lawrence Journal World
It seems more the stuff of an action movie than an anthropology professor's field work. But Kansas University professor Bart Dean found himself in the middle of a violent showdown between corrupt Peruvian officials and the indigenous Cocama-Cocamilla people.
Seven months later, Dean has become embroiled in a nationwide controversy in Peru and is working with a group of KU students to document the abuses on the Internet. "My general sense is that when somebody's rights are diminished, mine are as well," Dean said. "As a concerned citizen and as a professor of anthropology, I had to speak out."
Earlier this week he and his students unveiled a preliminary version of an Internet site, www.cocama.org, that eventually will contain video footage, photos and other information about the attack and political problems in Peru. >> continue
UPDATE 1.8.05PS: Their website is no longer accessible
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Just stumbled upon this post from last year. We are planning on relaunching Cocama.org very soon as there have been a myriad of developments since last year. Hopefully it will be up by the end of this year.