Indigenous Life Projects and Extractivism
Ethnographies from South America
Contributor(s)
Vindal Ødegaard, Cecilie (editor)
Rivera Andía, Juan Javier (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
Exploring indigenous life projects in encounters with extractivism, the present open access volume discusses how current turbulences actualise questions of indigeneity, difference and ontological dynamics in the Andes and Amazonia. While studies of extractivism in South America often focus on wider national and international politics, this contribution instead provides ethnographic explorations of indigenous politics, perspectives and worlds, revealing loss and suffering as well as creative strategies to mediate the extralocal. Seeking to avoid conceptual imperialism or the imposition of exogenous categories, the chapters are grounded in the respective authors’ long-standing field research. The authors examine the reactions (from resistance to accommodation), consequences (from anticipation to rubble) and materials (from fossil fuel to water) diversely related to extractivism in rural and urban settings. How can Amerindian strategies to preserve localised communities in extractivist contexts contribute to ways of thinking otherwise?
Keywords
Social sciences; Ethnography; Social structure; Social inequality; Ethnology—Latin America; Natural resources; Environmental policy; OntologyDOI
10.1007/978-3-319-93435-8Publisher
Springer NaturePublisher website
https://www.springernature.com/gp/products/booksPublication date and place
Cham, 2019Series
Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference,Classification
Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology
Cultural studies
Social and ethical issues
Social and cultural anthropology
Central / national / federal government policies
Environmental management