Situating the Obama Effect in Ecuador

Main, Meredith

doi:10.1111/traa.12048

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“…Neglect, however, can also be linked to “internal colonialism” (Casanova, 1965) and structural racism toward black populations (Wade, 2017a, 2017b). While “historically, Afro-Ecuadorians were considered second-class citizens” (Main, 2015, p. 107), changes over the past 15 years led to certain improvements in public sector attention toward black Ecuadorians, including their recognition and civic inclusion through new representational movements (Sánchez, 2018).…”

Section: Predisaster Struggles For Inclusion In the Black Communitiesmentioning

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“…Combined with the internationally and regionally reinforced black struggle for ethnic, cultural and political recognition, together with the so-called “Obama effect” (Main, 2015), was conducive to the official redefinition of Ecuador as “plurinational and intercultural” as enshrined in the Constitution of 2008. However, the (still ongoing) state intervention in the aftermath of the 2016 earthquake led to a rather abrupt end of this process.…”

Section: Predisaster Struggles For Inclusion In the Black Communitiesmentioning

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(In)Visibilization through decolonial delinking? Disrupting the permanently neglected disaster at the border of Colombia and Ecuador

Waldmueller

2020

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PurposeThe geopolitical relevance of the region with regard to clandestine and market interests exerting ecological pressures over mangroves and artisanal fishing thus raises awareness with regard to the local disaster's potentially global dimension. Delinking thus suggests divergent visibilization strategies regarding the narratives and framings of the region.Design/methodology/approachReflecting on previous ethnographic and quantitative research on the impacted livelihoods in the Canton of Muisne (Ecuador) in the aftermath of the earthquake of April 2016, this article explores some disruptive dimensions of the permanent disaster in the predominantly black Ecuadorian–Colombian border region.FindingsBy drawing on decolonial theory, as well as by shifting between a mainstream narrative of the disaster, on the one hand, and a “delinked narrative,” on the other, this article is in line with more recent publications arguing that neither local and time bound accounts of vulnerability, ethnicity and (in)visibility, nor mainstream depictions of a “lack of development” are able to generate the required knowledge to disrupt from this permanently neglected disaster.Originality/valueIn order to understand the disaster beyond its ostensibly local dimension, economic, environmental, as well as the geopolitical considerations are suggested, resulting in a different framing of the disaster.

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Section: Predisaster Struggles For Inclusion In the Black Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Predisaster Struggles For Inclusion In the Black Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

(In)Visibilization through decolonial delinking? Disrupting the permanently neglected disaster at the border of Colombia and Ecuador

Waldmueller

2020

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Situating the Obama Effect in Ecuador

Abstract: In this article, I explore key themes that arose during interviews with thirty-five Black Ecuadorian activists and state workers in the months following President Barack Obama's inauguration. While

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(In)Visibilization through decolonial delinking? Disrupting the permanently neglected disaster at the border of Colombia and Ecuador

(In)Visibilization through decolonial delinking? Disrupting the permanently neglected disaster at the border of Colombia and Ecuador

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