Between conservation and care

Ontological mixtures and juxtapositions in protected areas of Patagonia, Argentina

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ID2285331
AuthorsFlorencia Trentini (0000-0002-9964-2809, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume28
Issue4
Pages276-285
Publication date2023-12-01
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.12690
OpenAlexW4387095347
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

Based on the discussion of the declaration of the Lanín volcano as a Mapuche sacred natural site, this article rethinks the relationship between conservation and care from an ethnographic perspective, paying special attention to the relationship between the entitiesvolcanoandpijan mawiza. The exploration occurs within the framework of the intercultural proposal behind the co-management of the National Parks in Argentina. I argue that the "multiculturalist" perspective based on interculturality and "dialogues of knowledge" has turned conservation and care into interchangeable synonyms, but that this translation renders invisible the possibility of addressing-from an ontological perspective-other worlds struggling to exist. The article reflects on the potentials of care to pluralize conservation based on juxtapositions of, and mixtures with, other forms of making world(s

Archaeology · Declaration · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethnography · Geography · Interculturality · Natural (archaeology · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Philosophy

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