Comments on: National Identity http://www.peopleandnoise.co.uk/2009/08/09/national-identity/ Tom Schrieber's blog Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:34:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Barb http://www.peopleandnoise.co.uk/2009/08/09/national-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Barb Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:12:21 +0000 http://www.peopleandnoise.co.uk/?p=127#comment-23 Hi, Tom. I think I'm following you on Twitter. Thanks for posting about these important issues. I had heard from a friend working in the Amazon that lots of the people she knows there don't have DNIs, and your friend's experience with this family shows how potentially devastating it can be lack this documentation. Also, I've heard that because people lack DNIs in the Amazon, they're not officially counted in the Census/official population figures for Peru. And people who don't "exist" are, obviously, not people who qualify for social services. Makes me think that the bureaucrats deliberately make it hard for Amazonians to get DNIs. Thanks for the compliments re my blog post. :) I find that writing about Peru means alternating between the fun and the surreal, and the tragic and awful. I used to worry about maintaining a consistent tone on my blog. I don't know if that's possible if you write honestly about what's important in Peru. This is a land of extremes. Hi, Tom. I think I’m following you on Twitter. Thanks for posting about these important issues. I had heard from a friend working in the Amazon that lots of the people she knows there don’t have DNIs, and your friend’s experience with this family shows how potentially devastating it can be lack this documentation. Also, I’ve heard that because people lack DNIs in the Amazon, they’re not officially counted in the Census/official population figures for Peru. And people who don’t “exist” are, obviously, not people who qualify for social services. Makes me think that the bureaucrats deliberately make it hard for Amazonians to get DNIs.

Thanks for the compliments re my blog post. :)

I find that writing about Peru means alternating between the fun and the surreal, and the tragic and awful. I used to worry about maintaining a consistent tone on my blog. I don’t know if that’s possible if you write honestly about what’s important in Peru. This is a land of extremes.

]]> By: M. Isabel http://www.peopleandnoise.co.uk/2009/08/09/national-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-22 M. Isabel Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:24:46 +0000 http://www.peopleandnoise.co.uk/?p=127#comment-22 The carelessness of the State about these areas far away from Lima is really outraging. The carelessness of the State about these areas far away from Lima is really outraging.

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