This article examines the role of organization into comunidades nativas (native communities) in the construction of a sense of community among Arakbut settlements of southeastern Peruvian Amazon. Based on ethnographic material, the article argues that communal activities furthered by the comunidad nativa increases social interaction among the settlements’ loosely connected and relatively dispersed kin-based groups, forging a sense of belonging on which a broader collective identity and social bonds are built. Leasing Arakbut lands to mining settlers, however, has become a main source of internal conflict that threatens to split settlements. But rather than leading to settlement fissioning, this internal conflict encourages the Arakbut to use communal assemblies and fiestas to restore social relations and solidarity, thus strengthening the community identity. Therefore, the sense of community arises not only out of cooperative and cohesive social relations, but also out of conflictive and competitive ones.

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社区创造社区：秘鲁亚马逊流域阿拉克布特地区的土著社区和金矿开采

本文探讨了comunidades nativas（原住民社区）组织在秘鲁亚马逊东南部阿拉克布特定居点社区意识建设中的作用。基于民族志材料，文章认为，由 comunidad nativa 推动的社区活动增加了定居点中联系松散且相对分散的亲属群体之间的社会互动，形成了一种归属感，并在此基础上建立了更广泛的集体认同和社会纽带。然而，将阿拉克布特土地出租给采矿定居者已成为内部冲突的主要根源，有可能导致定居点分裂。但这种内部冲突并没有导致定居点分裂，而是鼓励阿拉克布特人利用社区集会和节日来恢复社会关系和团结，从而加强社区认同。因此，共同体意识不仅产生于合作和凝聚的社会关系，也产生于冲突和竞争的社会关系。