Aguinda v. Texaco Inc

Bibliographic Data

ID7196397
AuthorsVeronica Davidov (0000-0002-7098-4338, Maastricht University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume1
Issue2
Pages147-164
Publication date2010-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Legal Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1758-9584 • E-ISSN: 1758-9576
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/jla.2010.010201
OpenAlexW2900576209
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited21

This article analyzes a series of litigations that began with the Aguinda v. Texaco Inc. case as a site of production of new legal subjectivities for indigenous communities in the region of the Ecuadorian Amazon polluted by oil extraction activities. They engage in the transnational and local legal structures, contribute to and generate legal and scientific knowledge and expertise, and articulate multiple legal subjectivities that position them not only as homogenous plaintiffs in a highly publicized lawsuit, but also as legal actors in complex relation to each other, and to the state. Through such engagements with this legal process, indigenous actors are recrafting their collective representations in ways that challenge the ‘ecoprimitive’ stereotypes of indigeneity, historically associated with the ‘paradox of primitivism

Business · Indigenous · Lawsuit · Legal process · Plaintiff · Political science · Position (finance · Relation (database · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Sex work and related issues · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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