Viviane Weitzner
Biographic Data
| ID | 1368635 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Viviane Weitzner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Viviane |
| FAMILY NAME | Weitzner |
| SIGNATURE | WEITZNER V |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3378-6121 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Alchemy in un mundo al revés
Using the concept of alchemy as a conceptual backbone, this article explores the effects of diverse legal pluralities on the Embera Chamí Indigenous people living in the gold-rich ancestral homeland of the Resguardo Indígena Cañamomo Lomaprieta in Caldas, Colombia. Drawing on ten years of collaborative research and ethnography, I develop a concept I call “Raw Law,” the law of outlawed, armed actors and their norms, sanctions and modus operandi, c…
Between panic and hope
This article considers the relationship between gold mining, violence(s) and Indigenous peoples through the lens of legal pluralities with a focus on the dimension of time. Drawing on the specific case of the Embera Chamí of the Resguardo Indígena [Indigenous Reserve] of Cañamomo Lomaprieta in Colombia, I ask: What can an analysis through the lens of time unearth around the type of violence(s) that extractives engender for Indigenous peoples and …
Nosotros Somos Estado’
Drawing on ethnographies from two case studies – one describing Afro-Descendant efforts at ensuring the enforcement of a constitutional court judgement in order to stave off incursions from multinationals and outlaw, armed actors, and another describing the efforts of Embera Chamí Indigenous people in regulating their own ancestral mining and fending off state criminalisation – I unpack the spectrum of legal pluralities around extractives in Colo…
Weaving hope in ancestral black territories in Colombia
Free, prior, and informed consultation and consent has become an important interface in encounters between governments, corporations, grassroots organisations, and other actors, particularly in cases involving extractive activities. Based on over two years of collaborative research, this article examines the consultation and consent processes for the Environmental Management Plan for a large hydroelectric dam in Afrodescendant and Indigenous ance…
Indigenous Participation in Multipartite Dialogues on Extractives
This paper analyzes literature on the Whitehorse Mining Initiative (WMI) and subsequent multipartite dialogue processes in the extractive sector in Canada and overseas to critically assess Indigenous participation. It synthesizes design elements for more meaningful Indigenous participation and identifies implications for Indigenous-led, national, multipartitie policy dialogue. While the WMI did bring about more inclusive and democratic decision-m…
Weaving hope in ancestral black territories in Colombia
Free, prior, and informed consultation and consent has become an important interface in encounters between governments, corporations, grassroots organisations, and other actors, particularly in cases involving extractive activities. Based on over two years of collaborative research, this article examines the consultation and consent processes for the Environmental Management Plan for a large hydroelectric dam in Afrodescendant and Indigenous ance…
Between panic and hope
This article considers the relationship between gold mining, violence(s) and Indigenous peoples through the lens of legal pluralities with a focus on the dimension of time. Drawing on the specific case of the Embera Chamí of the Resguardo Indígena [Indigenous Reserve] of Cañamomo Lomaprieta in Colombia, I ask: What can an analysis through the lens of time unearth around the type of violence(s) that extractives engender for Indigenous peoples and …
Nosotros Somos Estado’
Drawing on ethnographies from two case studies – one describing Afro-Descendant efforts at ensuring the enforcement of a constitutional court judgement in order to stave off incursions from multinationals and outlaw, armed actors, and another describing the efforts of Embera Chamí Indigenous people in regulating their own ancestral mining and fending off state criminalisation – I unpack the spectrum of legal pluralities around extractives in Colo…
Indigenous Participation in Multipartite Dialogues on Extractives
This paper analyzes literature on the Whitehorse Mining Initiative (WMI) and subsequent multipartite dialogue processes in the extractive sector in Canada and overseas to critically assess Indigenous participation. It synthesizes design elements for more meaningful Indigenous participation and identifies implications for Indigenous-led, national, multipartitie policy dialogue. While the WMI did bring about more inclusive and democratic decision-m…
Indigenous Participation in Multipartite Dialogues on Extractives
This paper analyzes literature on the Whitehorse Mining Initiative (WMI) and subsequent multipartite dialogue processes in the extractive sector in Canada and overseas to critically assess Indigenous participation. It synthesizes design elements for more meaningful Indigenous participation and identifies implications for Indigenous-led, national, multipartitie policy dialogue. While the WMI did bring about more inclusive and democratic decision-m…
Nosotros Somos Estado’
Drawing on ethnographies from two case studies – one describing Afro-Descendant efforts at ensuring the enforcement of a constitutional court judgement in order to stave off incursions from multinationals and outlaw, armed actors, and another describing the efforts of Embera Chamí Indigenous people in regulating their own ancestral mining and fending off state criminalisation – I unpack the spectrum of legal pluralities around extractives in Colo…
Weaving hope in ancestral black territories in Colombia
Free, prior, and informed consultation and consent has become an important interface in encounters between governments, corporations, grassroots organisations, and other actors, particularly in cases involving extractive activities. Based on over two years of collaborative research, this article examines the consultation and consent processes for the Environmental Management Plan for a large hydroelectric dam in Afrodescendant and Indigenous ance…
Between panic and hope
This article considers the relationship between gold mining, violence(s) and Indigenous peoples through the lens of legal pluralities with a focus on the dimension of time. Drawing on the specific case of the Embera Chamí of the Resguardo Indígena [Indigenous Reserve] of Cañamomo Lomaprieta in Colombia, I ask: What can an analysis through the lens of time unearth around the type of violence(s) that extractives engender for Indigenous peoples and …
Alchemy in un mundo al revés
Using the concept of alchemy as a conceptual backbone, this article explores the effects of diverse legal pluralities on the Embera Chamí Indigenous people living in the gold-rich ancestral homeland of the Resguardo Indígena Cañamomo Lomaprieta in Caldas, Colombia. Drawing on ten years of collaborative research and ethnography, I develop a concept I call “Raw Law,” the law of outlawed, armed actors and their norms, sanctions and modus operandi, c…
Mining and Resource Management (5 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works)