Hidden, Moved, Forgotten
The Building of the Dam El Zapotillo en Jalisco, Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3754645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pedro Tomé (0000-0001-5872-4173), Pedro Tomé Martins (0000-0001-5380-5994, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), España Csic (University of the Valley of Atemajac), Miguel Ángel Casillas (0000-0003-1758-4092, Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx), México Univa |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 137-152 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ambiente & sociedade (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1414-753X • E-ISSN: 1809-4422 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1809-4422asoc0094r1v1942016 |
| OpenAlex | W2570114330 |
| SCIELO_PID | S1414-753X2016000400137 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Can a small village of 500 inhabitants resist the joint attacks of their country's government and those of several multinationals? This article will analyze the social emergency raised in Temacapulín, a small town in Jalisco, Mexico, against the government's desire to build a mega dam to bring water to remote cities, which would mean the disappearance of the village and the displacement of its inhabitants. The ethnographic work shows that the resistance of the villagers brings to light the existence of different ways of managing water, linked to different conceptions of water itself, the rest of nature, and of how relations between human beings should be developed. The resulting political conflict shows as well how these different positions conceal distinct ideas about where human dignity resides, and what and which are the rights of men and women
Archaeology · Dignity · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Ethnography · Ethnology · Geography · Human rights · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Decolonial Thought and Epistemologies · Engineering · Law · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |