The Invisible Risks of Extractive Infrastructure Networks and Mining

Assemblages and Forgotten Landscapes in Chile

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ID12410363
AuthorsFernando Campos-Medina (0000-0002-7772-3544, Department of Sociology Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile, corresponding author), Iván Ojeda-Pereira (0000-0002-5146-0002, LUT School of Engineering Sciences, Social Sciences, LUT University Lappeenranta Finland)
Year2025
Volume41
Issue2
Publication date2025-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVisual Anthropology Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1058-7187 • E-ISSN: 1548-7458
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/var.70014
OpenAlexW4416602990
LanguageEN
References cited19

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 these infrastructures are both visible and forgotten in everyday life, and how they often hide the long‐term dangers they pose to nearby communities. This paper introduces a new way to understand the complex relationships between infrastructure, environment, and society in Chile's mining industry

Connection (principal bundle · Internet of Things · Port (circuit theory · State (computer science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Mining and Resource Management · Water Governance and Infrastructure

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