Fernando Campos-Medina
Biographic Data
| ID | 2153089 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fernando Campos-Medina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fernando |
| FAMILY NAME | Campos-Medina |
| SIGNATURE | CAMPOS-MEDINA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chile |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7772-3544 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Three theses of the future as a Science, Technology and Society Studies research object
In recent years, the future has re-emerged as a significant research topic, encompassing studies on perceptions, anticipations, imaginaries, and theoretical explorations of its nature. This article analyzes how the future is theoretically framed in Science, Technology, and Society studies (STS), and how this relates to its broader framing within futures studies. It identifies three core theses from research on futures that highlight shared ontolo…
From fragmented to integrated sustainability in lithium extraction? Political measurements and critical minerals in times of sociotechnical transition in Chile
Lithium, a critical mineral for the global energy transition, has positioned Chile as one of the world’s leading producers through brine-based extraction. From this case, we identify a broader dynamic that we named “fragmented sustainability”, in which researchers and policymakers assess the lithium extraction through isolated environmental, economic, social and cultural dimensions. This fragmentation limits the capacity of sustainability science…
Opening the methodological black box in science and technology studies of the future(s). Shadows and proposals
How should the socio-territorial density of tailings facilities be governed? A proposal for Chilean mining policy
The article provides the first national-scale spatial analysis of tailings facilities in Chile using GIS and cluster techniques. • Two core zones of infrastructural accumulation and five distinct socio-territorial patterns are identified. • Each territorial pattern reveals specific environmental exposures and socio-territorial inequalities. • A critical review of Chile’s National Tailings Plan exposes three major policy gaps: social participation…
The Invisible Risks of Extractive Infrastructure Networks and Mining
This article uses Actor‐Network Theory to analyze mining infrastructures in Chile and develop a concept of “extractive infrastructure networks.” Focusing on the port of Punta Chungo and its connection to the Los Pelambres mine, we explore how these infrastructures, along with human and non‐human actors, create networks that sustain the extractivist economy while hiding environmental and social risks. Through a photographic essay, we show how thes…
School and neighborhood selection as mechanism of socio-urban exclusion in Santiago of Chile
We propose to study a set of biographical narratives about neighborhoods and schools’ selection in Santiago of Chile. Our argument holds that these family decisions have the capacity to transform institutional logics which are fundamental in the experience of urban integration/exclusion. In the analysis of 25 in-depth interviews, we identify three interpretative keys to explain these decisions: biographical disengagement, social retraction and po…
Mining tailings dumps and socio-territorial inequalities in Chile
The aim of this study is to territorially link the distribution of mining tailings and multi-dimensional poverty at a local level. For this purpose, a database was constructed with governmental information regarding municipalities that present tailings, and subsequently, identified their levels of multidimensional poverty. The results show: (i) the presence of tailings throughout the national territory, although their greater concentration is fou…
What do we investigate when we research on mine tailings in Chile? An interpretative approach
Construcción de nuevas territorialidades; el territorio como horizonte para la acción en la reforma energética chilena
This article explores, theoretically and empirically, the possibilities of understanding the territory as a horizon for action and not only as a given reality. This turn involves addressing how different social actors organize their actions on "the same territory" without considering "the same territory" as the object of those actions. Using as a case study the new Chilean energy policy that, in less than a decade, left aside the mega-projects of…
Descentralización e identidades regionales. Haciendo sociología en el fin del mundo
En estas notas se recupera la idea de reflexibilidad profesional y desde allí, se proponen consideraciones socioculturales para la política pública en la Región de Aysén, las que pretenden contribuir a otros ejecutores y planificadores, como también a un contexto más amplio de profesionales. Desde una perspectiva de política pública situada, se proponen cuatro claves como elementos significativos par a la región: i) la construcción social del tie…
La construcción de las realidades geográficas. Una geografía de la acción
Reseña de: Werlen, B. La construcción de las realidades geográficas. Una geografía de la acción. Santiago, Chile: Editorial Universitaria. En prensa
Un diálogo fructífero entre teoría de sistemas y fenomenología
A finales del siglo 20 se desarrolló en Chile una perspectiva teórico-metodológica –donde confluyen la teoría de sistemas y la fenomenología– para comprender e investigar el hábitat residencial. Proponemos que la teoría de sistemas contribuyó con la semántica sistema-entorno a la definición de los niveles y dimensiones del sistema vivienda (también sistema o hábitat residenciales) en la propuesta desarrollada por Instituto de la Vivienda de la Un…
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Ecological modernization from the actor's perspective
Studies on ecological modernization have produced a fruitful discussion concerning the connection between society and nature based on the evolution of socio-political institutions. However, the question from the individual's perspective and their evaluation of the environmental institutions' modernization remains unsystematically explored. This paper introduces the actor's narratives on what I called time and space restructuration to define a sen…
Ficciones que se vuelven realidad, ficciones para intervenir la realidad
En este artículo proponemos que la ficción no es sólo una forma falsa de referir a la realidad social o un artificio para la construcción de mundos imaginarios, sino que una capacidad humana altamente productiva en la construcción y organización del mundo social, que se encuentra diseminada ampliamente en éste. Iniciamos el artículo entregando una panorámica general sobre algunas discusiones sobre la ficcionalidad, su forma y rol. Luego rescatamo…
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Ficciones que se vuelven realidad, ficciones para intervenir la realidad
En este artículo proponemos que la ficción no es sólo una forma falsa de referir a la realidad social o un artificio para la construcción de mundos imaginarios, sino que una capacidad humana altamente productiva en la construcción y organización del mundo social, que se encuentra diseminada ampliamente en éste. Iniciamos el artículo entregando una panorámica general sobre algunas discusiones sobre la ficcionalidad, su forma y rol. Luego rescatamo…
Presentación del dossier
Ecological modernization from the actor's perspective
Studies on ecological modernization have produced a fruitful discussion concerning the connection between society and nature based on the evolution of socio-political institutions. However, the question from the individual's perspective and their evaluation of the environmental institutions' modernization remains unsystematically explored. This paper introduces the actor's narratives on what I called time and space restructuration to define a sen…
Un diálogo fructífero entre teoría de sistemas y fenomenología
A finales del siglo 20 se desarrolló en Chile una perspectiva teórico-metodológica –donde confluyen la teoría de sistemas y la fenomenología– para comprender e investigar el hábitat residencial. Proponemos que la teoría de sistemas contribuyó con la semántica sistema-entorno a la definición de los niveles y dimensiones del sistema vivienda (también sistema o hábitat residenciales) en la propuesta desarrollada por Instituto de la Vivienda de la Un…
Descentralización e identidades regionales. Haciendo sociología en el fin del mundo
En estas notas se recupera la idea de reflexibilidad profesional y desde allí, se proponen consideraciones socioculturales para la política pública en la Región de Aysén, las que pretenden contribuir a otros ejecutores y planificadores, como también a un contexto más amplio de profesionales. Desde una perspectiva de política pública situada, se proponen cuatro claves como elementos significativos par a la región: i) la construcción social del tie…
La construcción de las realidades geográficas. Una geografía de la acción
Reseña de: Werlen, B. La construcción de las realidades geográficas. Una geografía de la acción. Santiago, Chile: Editorial Universitaria. En prensa
School and neighborhood selection as mechanism of socio-urban exclusion in Santiago of Chile
We propose to study a set of biographical narratives about neighborhoods and schools’ selection in Santiago of Chile. Our argument holds that these family decisions have the capacity to transform institutional logics which are fundamental in the experience of urban integration/exclusion. In the analysis of 25 in-depth interviews, we identify three interpretative keys to explain these decisions: biographical disengagement, social retraction and po…
Mining tailings dumps and socio-territorial inequalities in Chile
The aim of this study is to territorially link the distribution of mining tailings and multi-dimensional poverty at a local level. For this purpose, a database was constructed with governmental information regarding municipalities that present tailings, and subsequently, identified their levels of multidimensional poverty. The results show: (i) the presence of tailings throughout the national territory, although their greater concentration is fou…
What do we investigate when we research on mine tailings in Chile? An interpretative approach
Construcción de nuevas territorialidades; el territorio como horizonte para la acción en la reforma energética chilena
This article explores, theoretically and empirically, the possibilities of understanding the territory as a horizon for action and not only as a given reality. This turn involves addressing how different social actors organize their actions on "the same territory" without considering "the same territory" as the object of those actions. Using as a case study the new Chilean energy policy that, in less than a decade, left aside the mega-projects of…
Opening the methodological black box in science and technology studies of the future(s). Shadows and proposals
How should the socio-territorial density of tailings facilities be governed? A proposal for Chilean mining policy
The article provides the first national-scale spatial analysis of tailings facilities in Chile using GIS and cluster techniques. • Two core zones of infrastructural accumulation and five distinct socio-territorial patterns are identified. • Each territorial pattern reveals specific environmental exposures and socio-territorial inequalities. • A critical review of Chile’s National Tailings Plan exposes three major policy gaps: social participation…
The Invisible Risks of Extractive Infrastructure Networks and Mining
This article uses Actor‐Network Theory to analyze mining infrastructures in Chile and develop a concept of “extractive infrastructure networks.” Focusing on the port of Punta Chungo and its connection to the Los Pelambres mine, we explore how these infrastructures, along with human and non‐human actors, create networks that sustain the extractivist economy while hiding environmental and social risks. Through a photographic essay, we show how thes…
Three theses of the future as a Science, Technology and Society Studies research object
In recent years, the future has re-emerged as a significant research topic, encompassing studies on perceptions, anticipations, imaginaries, and theoretical explorations of its nature. This article analyzes how the future is theoretically framed in Science, Technology, and Society studies (STS), and how this relates to its broader framing within futures studies. It identifies three core theses from research on futures that highlight shared ontolo…
From fragmented to integrated sustainability in lithium extraction? Political measurements and critical minerals in times of sociotechnical transition in Chile
Lithium, a critical mineral for the global energy transition, has positioned Chile as one of the world’s leading producers through brine-based extraction. From this case, we identify a broader dynamic that we named “fragmented sustainability”, in which researchers and policymakers assess the lithium extraction through isolated environmental, economic, social and cultural dimensions. This fragmentation limits the capacity of sustainability science…
Political science (8 works) · Mining and Resource Management (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Humanities (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Environmental planning (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Mine drainage and remediation techniques (3 works)