Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaLand, labor and toxics:: On the production of banana lands in the southern coast of Ecuador
Bananas are among the world’s most traded fruit. Yet not everyone benefits equally from the fruit’s production and consumption. This article analyzes the political, social and environmental costs of export monoculture through a historical and ethnographic reconstruction of the production of banana l...
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Universidad Católica del Norte, Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo
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| description | Bananas are among the world’s most traded fruit. Yet not everyone benefits equally from the fruit’s production and consumption. This article analyzes the political, social and environmental costs of export monoculture through a historical and ethnographic reconstruction of the production of banana lands in Ecuador’s southern coastal region. This analysis centers around the practices of diverse state, business and popular actors confronted with the expansion of large scale plantations, the loss of tropical biodiversity and the incorporation of rural populations into capitalist relations of production. Drawing attention to the co-constitution of society and nature and the testimonies of those living and working in this region, this article seeks to contribute to a greater understanding of the extractivist logics and practices promoted by the territorialization of both state and capital interests in rural worlds throughout the diverse historical stages of their expansion. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO801742022-03-22T15:04:13Z Land, labor and toxics:: On the production of banana lands in the southern coast of Ecuador Tierra, trabajo y tóxicos:: Sobre la producción de un territorio bananero en la costa sur del Ecuador Galarza Suárez, Lucía territory banana production capitalism State Ecuador territorio producción bananera capitalismo Estado Ecuador Bananas are among the world’s most traded fruit. Yet not everyone benefits equally from the fruit’s production and consumption. This article analyzes the political, social and environmental costs of export monoculture through a historical and ethnographic reconstruction of the production of banana lands in Ecuador’s southern coastal region. This analysis centers around the practices of diverse state, business and popular actors confronted with the expansion of large scale plantations, the loss of tropical biodiversity and the incorporation of rural populations into capitalist relations of production. Drawing attention to the co-constitution of society and nature and the testimonies of those living and working in this region, this article seeks to contribute to a greater understanding of the extractivist logics and practices promoted by the territorialization of both state and capital interests in rural worlds throughout the diverse historical stages of their expansion. El banano es la fruta más comercializada a nivel mundial. Sin embargo, no todas las personas se benefician por igual de su producción y consumo. Este artículo analiza los costos políticos, sociales y ambientales del cultivo de banano para la exportación a través de una reconstrucción histórica y etnográfica de la producción de un territorio bananero en la región de la costa sur del Ecuador. El análisis se centra en las prácticas de diversos actores –estatales, empresariales y populares– enfrentados a la expansión del monocultivo, la pérdida de la biodiversidad de los ecosistemas tropicales y la incorporación de la población rural al sistema de relaciones de producción capitalistas. Prestando particular atención a la co-constitución de la sociedad y la naturaleza y al testimonio de quienes viven y trabajan en el territorio bananero, este artículo busca aportar a una mayor comprensión de las lógicas y prácticas extractivistas promovidas por la territorialización de los intereses del Estado y el capital en el mundo rural a través de las distintas etapas históricas de su expansión. 2019-11-28 2022-03-22T15:04:13Z 2022-03-22T15:04:13Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://revistas.ucn.cl/index.php/estudios-atacamenos/article/view/1415 10.22199/issn.0718-1043-2019-0034 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/80174 spa http://revistas.ucn.cl/index.php/estudios-atacamenos/article/view/1415/3291 Derechos de autor 2019 Estudios Atacameños. Arqueología y antropología surandinas application/pdf Universidad Católica del Norte, Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo Estudios Atacameños; No. 63 (2019); 341-364 Estudios Atacameños (En línea); Núm. 63 (2019); 341-364 0718-1043 0716-0925 |
| spellingShingle | territory banana production capitalism State Ecuador territorio producción bananera capitalismo Estado Ecuador Galarza Suárez, Lucía Land, labor and toxics:: On the production of banana lands in the southern coast of Ecuador |
| title | Land, labor and toxics:: On the production of banana lands in the southern coast of Ecuador |
| title_full | Land, labor and toxics:: On the production of banana lands in the southern coast of Ecuador |
| title_fullStr | Land, labor and toxics:: On the production of banana lands in the southern coast of Ecuador |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land, labor and toxics:: On the production of banana lands in the southern coast of Ecuador |
| title_short | Land, labor and toxics:: On the production of banana lands in the southern coast of Ecuador |
| title_sort | land, labor and toxics:: on the production of banana lands in the southern coast of ecuador |
| topic | territory banana production capitalism State Ecuador territorio producción bananera capitalismo Estado Ecuador |
| url | http://revistas.ucn.cl/index.php/estudios-atacamenos/article/view/1415 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/80174 |