The ‘will to improve’ at the mining frontier: Neo-extractivism, development and governmentality in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Teijlingen, Karolien van

doi:10.1016/j.exis.2016.10.009

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“…Likewise, we investigate if, according to groups' perceptions, agricultural and extractive activities are perceived as threats to the ecosystem and the erosion of the CL. A consistent literature, except for specific cases on Colombia, supports both hypotheses and provides empirical data on similar cases in different regions (Acosta 2013;Acuña 2015;Arsel et al 2016;Avcı 2017;Chiasson-LeBel 2016;Gudynas 2009;Hempel 1996;Ostrom 1990;Salazar Ramírez 2017;Van Teijlingen 2016). From this, the objective of this paper is to fill this knowledge gap and to explore local group's perceptions of anthropic and extractive interventions, and their impact on the region and on the CL.…”

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Collective Perception of Anthropic and Extractive Interventions in the Colombian Llanos

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Increasingly, the developmental model of anthropic and extractive interventions is a global concern. Its impacts are challenging not only the precarious equilibrium of natural resources but also the one of local communities and identities. The case of the Colombian Llanos shows how the local culture of the Cultura Llanera (CL) is deep-rooted with natural resources, their use and their management. Throughout the use of a survey based on the Governance Analytical Framework (GAF), this paper presents and discusses shared problems and social norms. The collective perception of local groups shows that the CL, in particular traditional livestock practices in flooded savannahs, is a key element for the sustainable development of the region. Furthermore, it reveals that agricultural and extractive activities, primarily rice and oil, are considered the main threats to both the ecosystem and the protection of the CL.

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Collective Perception of Anthropic and Extractive Interventions in the Colombian Llanos

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“…Various scholars have argued that extractive activities require the coordinated and wilful effort of a large number of stakeholders and actors at different levels (e.g. Arsel et al., 2016; Bebbington, 2012; Bridge, 2013; Marston and Perreault, 2017; Pellegrini, 2018; Van Teijlingen, 2016; Watts, 2004).…”

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The Political Construction of Extractive Regimes in Two Newly Created Indian States: A Comparative Analysis of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh

Adhikari¹,

Chhotray²

2020

Development and Change

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This article presents a multidimensional account of the politics of resource extraction in two subnational regions of India in response to the question: what are the political conditions that facilitate extraction? Emerging from the same moment of state creation in 2000, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are adjacent mineral-rich states with similar demographic profiles and comparable levels of economic development. The authors argue that despite these similarities and India's highly centralized legislative framework for natural resource governance, the two states have developed distinctive 'extractive regimes' in the years since statehood, which contrast in important ways across three dimensions: political organization and history, institutional effectiveness, and the nature and management of social resistance. The article offers the first in-depth, comparative account of how subnational territorial reorganization in India acts as a critical juncture enabling the formation of extractive regimes, which have also converged in important ways in recent years.1. Adivasis refer to the indigenous peoples of India, who are also broadly described as tribal and categorized as the Scheduled Tribes within the Constitution. We will use 'adivasi' and 'tribal' interchangeably in this article. Development and Change 51(3): 843-873.Scholars writing on the politics of extraction have challenged the hegemony of the 'resource curse' paradigm (Ross, 2015) in a number of ways. This 2. The Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005 allows citizens to file information requests on aspects of governance, which the state is legally bound to respond to.

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“…Buen vivir recoge elementos de las cosmovisiones de pueblos y nacionalidades indígenas, combinándolos con perspectivas de vida y de políticas progresistas. Sin embargo, es preciso señalar que a pesar de la adopción de esta visión de desarrollo alternativa, el gobierno progresista la vació de contenido crítico y le incluyó una perspectiva utilitarista del Estado, mezclado con bases del propio capitalismo (Van Teijlingen, 2016;Valladares y Boelens, 2017). Contrario a la visión alternativa planteada por este concepto, el gobierno profundizó una agenda extractivista, bautizada por Eduardo Gudynas como «neoextractivismo» (ver Gudynas y Acosta, 2010).…”

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“…Contrariamente a lo esperado por un gobierno de este tinte, estos proyectos han sido acompañados por violencia estatal, desalojos forzados, falta de participación en procesos de toma de decisión, desconocimiento de la consulta previa y elaboración de estudios de impacto ambiental cuestionados (Acosta et al, 2013;Amnistía Internacional, 2012). En este contexto, a la vez que desde el estado se legitimó un estereotipo dominante de desarrollo o buen vivir, casi por defecto se deslegitimaron otras formas de desarrollo y territorialidad, en especial aquellas opuestas a las obras y acciones del proyecto político oficialista Van Teijlingen, 2016). Tal como lo expresó el entonces presidente Correa durante el discurso inaugural de un embalse construido por su gobierno: «Un saludo especial a las familias afectadas por el embalse, que con patriotismo colaboraron sabiendo que esto era en función del bien común.…”

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Inundaciones Políticamente Construidas. El Megaproyecto Hídrico Chone en Ecuador

Hidalgo-Bastidas

Boelens

2018

CGUV

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La construcción e implementación del megaproyecto hídrico Chone (Costa ecuatoriana) ha sido legitimada como medio para promover el desarrollo de la ciudad, pero ha inundado y transformado territorios rurales campesinos de manera permanente. El discurso utilitario en torno al ‘beneficio de las mayorías’ urbanas ha justificado el proyecto, en desmedro de la presumida ‘minoría subdesarrollada’ en el área rural. Durante la implementación del megaproyecto, los campesinos han sido presentados como ‘atrasados’ y ‘pre-modernos’; alejados de los imaginarios urbanos modernos acordes con la noción oficial de progreso y desarrollo. Los hacedores de política presentan el riesgo de inundaciones sólo como un problema ‘natural’ y ‘tecnológico’, dejando ocultas las relaciones de poder que construyen las transformaciones territoriales urbano-rurales. Desde la ecología política proponemos que la (sobre) abundancia de agua es también una construcción política y no únicamente un fenómeno tecno-natural.Concluimos argumentando que los megaproyectos no sólo son medios de control de agua, sino queconstituyen herramientas para ordenar y gobernar la sociedad.

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The ‘will to improve’ at the mining frontier: Neo-extractivism, development and governmentality in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Cited by 54 publications

References 22 publications

Collective Perception of Anthropic and Extractive Interventions in the Colombian Llanos

Collective Perception of Anthropic and Extractive Interventions in the Colombian Llanos

The Political Construction of Extractive Regimes in Two Newly Created Indian States: A Comparative Analysis of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh

Inundaciones Políticamente Construidas. El Megaproyecto Hídrico Chone en Ecuador

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