Oscar Aponte
Biographic Data
| ID | 684311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oscar Aponte |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oscar |
| FAMILY NAME | Aponte |
| SIGNATURE | APONTE O |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Graduate Center, City University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0991-4581 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dismantling an Indigenous transport system: Roadbuilding and state formation in Colombian Amazonia
This article examines the simplification of an Indigenous transport system between the Putumayo and Caquetá Rivers, in Colombian Amazonia, into a single road tailored for the transportation needs of rubber barons, Capuchin missionaries, and Colombian government officials. It argues that the road was conceived to secure national sovereignty and facilitate the arrival of settlers and the commercialisation of forest products. However, state support …
Escaping from Casa Arana: The Murui-Muina Nation after the Amazon Rubber Boom
The Amazon rubber boom (1850-1930) devastated Indigenous nations that had remained for centuries at the borders of European empires and the nation-states that replaced them in South America. The arrival of the Peruvian rubber company Casa Arana to the Igaraparaná and Caraparaná Rivers in 1899 marked the conquest and colonization of the Murui-Muina nation and their ancestral lands. This essay examines the escape of Murui-Muina clans from Casa Aran…
Trabajadores, recuperación de fábricas y neoliberalismo en Colombia (1995-2015)
En el presente artículo se exploran las experiencias de fábricas en Colombia que pasaron por diversos procesos de recuperación. Durante la década de los noventa, Latinoamérica atravesó un difícil periodo de transición hacia al neoliberalismo caracterizado por la implementación de reformas económicas cuyo fin fundamental era alcanzar la apertura económica. En Colombia los grandes grupos económicos aprovecharon el proceso de diversificación económi…
Escaping from Casa Arana: The Murui-Muina Nation after the Amazon Rubber Boom
The Amazon rubber boom (1850-1930) devastated Indigenous nations that had remained for centuries at the borders of European empires and the nation-states that replaced them in South America. The arrival of the Peruvian rubber company Casa Arana to the Igaraparaná and Caraparaná Rivers in 1899 marked the conquest and colonization of the Murui-Muina nation and their ancestral lands. This essay examines the escape of Murui-Muina clans from Casa Aran…
Trabajadores, recuperación de fábricas y neoliberalismo en Colombia (1995-2015)
En el presente artículo se exploran las experiencias de fábricas en Colombia que pasaron por diversos procesos de recuperación. Durante la década de los noventa, Latinoamérica atravesó un difícil periodo de transición hacia al neoliberalismo caracterizado por la implementación de reformas económicas cuyo fin fundamental era alcanzar la apertura económica. En Colombia los grandes grupos económicos aprovecharon el proceso de diversificación económi…
Escaping from Casa Arana: The Murui-Muina Nation after the Amazon Rubber Boom
The Amazon rubber boom (1850-1930) devastated Indigenous nations that had remained for centuries at the borders of European empires and the nation-states that replaced them in South America. The arrival of the Peruvian rubber company Casa Arana to the Igaraparaná and Caraparaná Rivers in 1899 marked the conquest and colonization of the Murui-Muina nation and their ancestral lands. This essay examines the escape of Murui-Muina clans from Casa Aran…
Dismantling an Indigenous transport system: Roadbuilding and state formation in Colombian Amazonia
This article examines the simplification of an Indigenous transport system between the Putumayo and Caquetá Rivers, in Colombian Amazonia, into a single road tailored for the transportation needs of rubber barons, Capuchin missionaries, and Colombian government officials. It argues that the road was conceived to secure national sovereignty and facilitate the arrival of settlers and the commercialisation of forest products. However, state support …
Amazon rainforest (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Boom (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Economic geography (1 works)