Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaResistance in retrospect: The multi-temporality of extractivism in the Amazon
Amazonian communities take various political positions in relation to extractivism. These positions are influenced by previous histories of encounter and conflict with the state, extractive companies, and mestizo society. However, much of the research on extractivism suffers from presentiment. In th...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2021
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| description | Amazonian communities take various political positions in relation to extractivism. These positions are influenced by previous histories of encounter and conflict with the state, extractive companies, and mestizo society. However, much of the research on extractivism suffers from presentiment. In this article, I examine the multi-temporality of conflicts and negotiations in territories with extractive activities through an ethnographic case study in northern Ecuador. I explore the uprising of an indigenous community against an oil company, during which community members invoked different historical moments: the rubber era; the expansion of institutionalized education in the region; and more recent experiences of urban migration. These multiple moments of the longue durée of the colonization of the northern Amazon shaped the aspirations of this community to resist and then negotiate with the oil company and the state, and in turn obtain an urban development project as a form of compensation. Understanding how the past influences conflicts and negotiations over extractivism requires attention to those historical moments that give meaning to the present. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-44962021-08-30T17:56:24Z Resistance in retrospect: The multi-temporality of extractivism in the Amazon Resistencia en retrospectiva: la multitemporalidad del extractivismo en la Amazonía Resistência em retrospectiva: a multitemporalidade do extrativismo na Amazônia Lyall, Angus Amazonia Ecuador extractivism history multi-temporality resistance Amazônia Equador extrativismo história multitemporalidade resistência Amazonía Ecuador extractivismo historia multitemporalidad resistencia Amazonian communities take various political positions in relation to extractivism. These positions are influenced by previous histories of encounter and conflict with the state, extractive companies, and mestizo society. However, much of the research on extractivism suffers from presentiment. In this article, I examine the multi-temporality of conflicts and negotiations in territories with extractive activities through an ethnographic case study in northern Ecuador. I explore the uprising of an indigenous community against an oil company, during which community members invoked different historical moments: the rubber era; the expansion of institutionalized education in the region; and more recent experiences of urban migration. These multiple moments of the longue durée of the colonization of the northern Amazon shaped the aspirations of this community to resist and then negotiate with the oil company and the state, and in turn obtain an urban development project as a form of compensation. Understanding how the past influences conflicts and negotiations over extractivism requires attention to those historical moments that give meaning to the present. Las comunidades amazónicas adoptan diversas posiciones políticas en relación con el extractivismo. En tales posiciones influyen las diversas historias previas de encuentro y desencuentro con el Estado, las empresas extractivas y la sociedad mestiza. Sin embargo, gran parte de las investigaciones sobre el extractivismo sufren de presentismo. En este artículo examino la multitemporalidad de conflictos y negociaciones en territorios con actividades extractivas, a través de un estudio de caso etnográfico en el norte de Ecuador. Exploro el levantamiento de una comunidad indígena contra una compañía petrolera, durante el cual los miembros de la comunidad invocaron distintos momentos históricos: la época del caucho; la expansión de la educación institucionalizada en la región; y experiencias más recientes de migración urbana. Estos múltiples momentos de la longue durée de la colonización en la Amazonía norte dieron forma a las aspiraciones de esta comunidad para resistir y luego negociar con la petrolera y el Estado, y obtener así un proyecto de desarrollo urbanístico como forma de compensación. Para comprender cómo el pasado influye en conflictos y negociaciones sobre el extractivismo, se requiere prestar atención a esos momentos históricos que dan sentido al presente. As comunidades amazônicas adotam várias posições políticas em relação ao extrativismo. Tais posições são influenciadas por várias histórias anteriores de encontros e desacordos com o Estado, empresas extrativistas e a sociedade mestiça. No entanto, grande parte das pesquisas sobre extrativismo sofre de presenteísmo. Neste artigo, examino a multitemporalidade dos conflitos e negociações em territórios com atividades extrativistas, por médio de um estudo de caso etnográfico no norte do Equador. Exploro a sublevação de uma comunidade indígena contra uma empresa de petróleo, durante a qual os membros da comunidade invocaram diferentes momentos históricos: a era da borracha, a expansão da educação institucionalizada na região, além de experiências mais recentes de migração urbana. Esses múltiplos momentos da longue durée de colonização no norte da Amazônia moldaram as aspirações dessa comunidade de resistir e depois negociar com a petroleira e o Estado, e assim obter um projeto de urbanismo como forma de compensação. Para entender como o passado influencia os conflitos e as negociações do extrativismo, é preciso atentar para aqueles momentos históricos que dão sentido ao presente. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2021-01-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/html application/xml application/epub+zip https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4496 10.17141/iconos.69.2021.4496 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 69 (2021): Estrategias comunitarias frente a conflictos socioambientales: más allá de la resistencia; 17-34 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 69 (2021): Estratégias comunitárias frente aos conflitos socioambientais: além da resistência; 17-34 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 69 (2021): Community strategies for confronting socio-environmental conflicts: Beyond resistance; 17-34 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4496/3520 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4496/3558 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4496/3546 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4496/3577 Derechos de autor 2021 Angus Lyall https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
| spellingShingle | Lyall, Angus Resistance in retrospect: The multi-temporality of extractivism in the Amazon |
| title | Resistance in retrospect: The multi-temporality of extractivism in the Amazon |
| title_full | Resistance in retrospect: The multi-temporality of extractivism in the Amazon |
| title_fullStr | Resistance in retrospect: The multi-temporality of extractivism in the Amazon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resistance in retrospect: The multi-temporality of extractivism in the Amazon |
| title_short | Resistance in retrospect: The multi-temporality of extractivism in the Amazon |
| title_sort | resistance in retrospect: the multi-temporality of extractivism in the amazon |
| url | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/4496 |