La extracción de litio en el contexto de la transición energética

Relaciones y espacios de negociación entre las comunidades atacameñas y las empresas mineras en el salar de Atacama, norte de Chile

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ID17813802
AuthorsRodrigo Azócar-Duarte (0000-0002-7599-2812, Arturo Prat University, corresponding author), A Valenzuela (0000-0003-3291-773X, University of the Americas)
Year2026
Volume31
Issue2
Publication date2026-04-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1935-4932 • E-ISSN: 1935-4940
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jlca.70044
OpenAlexW7158459086
LanguageES
References cited15

Lithium in the Salar de Atacama was discovered in 1962, and since then it has become one of the world's most important deposits. Although promoted as an ecological mineral due to its use in batteries, its extraction entails high water consumption within a desert ecosystem historically inhabited by the Atacameño people. This article analyzes the current state of lithium mining in the context of the energy transition, with special attention to the negotiations that take place within a system of interethnic relations among indigenous communities, mining companies, and a state agency that manages mineral resources. Furthermore, it examines the context, strategies, contradictions, and socio‐environmental inequalities emerging in the territory as a result of the expansion of lithium mining within a framework of green extractivism

Agency (philosophy) · Context (archaeology) · Indigenous · Negotiation · State (computer science) · Ven · Extraction and Separation Processes · Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues · Mining and Resource Management

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