Kuxlejal politics : indigenous autonomy race and decolonizing research in Zapatista communities A brief overview of the first years of the Zapatista autonomous municipalities (1996 2003) The production of knowledge on the terrain of autonomy : research as a topic of political debate Social memories of struggle and racialized (e)states Zapatista agrarian reform within the racialized fields of Chiapas Womens collectives and the politicized (re)production of social life Mandar obedeciendo; or pedagogy and the art of governing Conclusion : Zapatismo as the struggle to live within the lekil kuxlejal tradition of autonomy