Tracing the Political Life of Kimsacocha
Conflicts over Water and Mining in Ecuador's Southern Andes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4501246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teresa A Velásquez (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 154-169 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x17726088 |
| OpenAlex | W2750595897 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 36 |
In 2009, farmers in the highlands of Ecuador challenged a proposed water law by staging public rituals to venerate their watershed, called Kimsacocha, as the embodiment of the Pachamama (Mother Earth). They rejected the proposed law because it allowed for mineral extraction in communal watersheds. They argued that human and nonhuman entities are interconnected and that the state should designate communal watersheds as no-mining zones to defend the right to life. While some scholars have argued that indigenous ontologies decolonize the political realm, in fact they have uneven outcomes when mobilized in contentious mining politics. Indigenous ontologies enabled farmers to build a multiethnic movement in defense of life, but this did not lead to the implementation of their demands. Instead, the state appropriated the language of the Pachamama to produce a revised water law that promoted piecemeal environmental conservation. En 2009, agricultores de la zona montañosa de Ecuador rebatieron una propuesta de ley de aguas mediante la organización de rituales públicos dirigidos a la veneración de la cuenca conocida como Kimsacocha, la encarnación de la Pachamama (la Madre Tierra). Rechazaron la propuesta de ley dado que permitía la extracción de minerales en cuencas hidrográficas comunitarias. Argumentaron que los seres humanos se encuentran interconectados con aquellos no humanos y que el Estado debe designar las cuencas comunes como zonas libres de extracción, defendiendo así el derecho a la vida. Mientras que algunos estudiosos han argumentado que las ontologías indígenas descolonizan el espacio político, en realidad éstas tienen resultados irregulares cuando se las emplea en políticas mineras controvertidas. Las ontologías indígenas permitieron que los agricultores construyeran un movimiento multiétnico en defensa de la vida, pero esto no llevó a la implementación de sus exigencias. En lugar de eso, el Estado se apropió del lenguaje de la Pachamama para producir una ley de aguas revisada que promovía la conservación fragmentada del medio ambiente
Ethnology · Geography · Humanities · Indigenous · Political science · Politics · Realm · Sociology · State (computer science) · Ecology · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Philosophy · Politics and Society in Latin America · Water Governance and Infrastructure
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The Shifting Middle Ground
The Politics of Perspectivism
Managing Diversity in Postneoliberal Ecuador
Documenting Accountability
Indigenous Cosmopolitics in the Andes
Rethinking Public Anthropology Through Epistemic Politics and Theoretical Practice
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 1,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |