Mapping hydropower conflicts: A legal geography of dispossession in Mapuche-Williche Territory, Chile

Kelly, Sarah

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.11.011

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“…(Nirmal and Rocheleau, 2019: 473) Visual community participatory methodologies, such as map making, comprise a potential avenue and tool for decolonizing in Indigenous territories (McCarthy and Muthuri, 2018). Map making is especially pertinent to a Mapuche community (Kelly, 2021). Collaborative map making can serve as a form of decolonial learning by revealing the spatial patterns of dispossession and aiding in self-determination processes (Iconoclasistas, 2013;Kelly, 2021).…”

Section: (De)coloniality and Indigenous Identity Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Repoliticizing spirituality: A collaborative autoethnography on Indigenous identity dynamics during an environmental conflict in a Mapuche community in Chile

Maher,

Loncopán

2024

Human Relations

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Through a collaborative ethnography told through narratives and a counter-map drawn from Mapuche ontology, we determine how corporate social responsibility (CSR) simultaneously fractures and strengthens the collective identity of an Indigenous community through the mechanism of community benefit sharing. This study reveals how a young Mapuche Indigenous leader, Simón, and his allies underwent the re-rooting and resurgence of their ancestral identity while resisting the construction of a hydropower project and the company’s CSR, as well as their neighbours who supported the project. This study also discusses the emergence of repoliticized spirituality because of the collective identity work dynamics. We propose that this form of spirituality is particularly salient within groups whose ancestors endured colonization. This phenomenon unfolds through a sequence of mechanisms, including collectively reaching breaking points catalysed by external threats (e.g. large-scale projects) that prompt group self-reflection regarding their identity and history. Subsequently, Indigenous communities mobilize to safeguard their ancestral ontologies and spirituality. This, we assert, is a political act. We conclude by reflecting on the social responsibilities of businesses when interacting with Indigenous communities and territories. Managers and policymakers need to comprehend the potential impact of CSR initiatives on the intricate fabric of Indigenous identities.

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Section: (De)coloniality and Indigenous Identity Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Repoliticizing spirituality: A collaborative autoethnography on Indigenous identity dynamics during an environmental conflict in a Mapuche community in Chile

Maher,

Loncopán

2024

Human Relations

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“…Research such as Sherval's provides the place-law example that Bartel (2017) has called for. Moreover, it builds on the applied policy work of Australian legal geography scholarship in the resources extraction/energy policy field, linking to cognate developments globally (see Kelly, 2021).…”

Section: Australian Legal Geography Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Progressive and critical legal geography scholarship

Gillespie

O’Donnell

2023

Geographical Research

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Section: Toward La Patagonia Renovable?mentioning

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“…On both sides of the Andean cordillera, public and private actors have increasingly turned to renewable energy. In Chile, in particular, the construction of hydropower projects has already left its mark on the landscapes of Araucanía (Kelly, 2021) and Patagonia (Hernando-Arrese and Tironi, 2019.;Schaeffer, 2017). Large-scale hydropower projects divert waterways, disrupt ecosystems, and deprive local communities of their livelihoods to provide energy to the more industrialized regions around Santiago.…”

Section: Toward La Patagonia Renovable?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Multiple territorialities and the shifting conservation frontiers of Patagonia

Rasmussen,

Mendoza

2023

J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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This conclusion to the In‐Focus issue examines the conservation frontier in Patagonia. The conservation frontier is a historical process of spatial transformation connected to the mobilization of imaginaries that unlock existing regimes of resource control and promote new territorialization projects. The discussion highlights the creation of national park systems, the securing of the contested border, and the conversion of Andean Patagonia into a space of sublime wilderness. We argue that the contemporary conservation frontier is an open field of contestation defined by its multiplicities. The articles comprising the special issue reflect crosscutting themes regarding frontier multiplicities: varied conservation‐based territorialization projects; the genesis of onto‐epistemic frictions between actors; and disparate frontier temporalities that anchor spatial transformations. These contemporary frontier projects draw attention to new avenues of change related to Indigenous self‐rule and carework, co‐management regimes, infrastructure building efforts, and eco‐apocalyptic temporalities, as well as hyping the possibility of Patagonia as a bastion for alternative energy. Thus, this conclusion highlights how conservation frontiers are historically made and remade in relation to spatial production tied to capitalist dynamics and state formation.

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Mapping hydropower conflicts: A legal geography of dispossession in Mapuche-Williche Territory, Chile

Cited by 19 publications

References 83 publications

Repoliticizing spirituality: A collaborative autoethnography on Indigenous identity dynamics during an environmental conflict in a Mapuche community in Chile

Repoliticizing spirituality: A collaborative autoethnography on Indigenous identity dynamics during an environmental conflict in a Mapuche community in Chile

Progressive and critical legal geography scholarship

Multiple territorialities and the shifting conservation frontiers of Patagonia

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