Border Crossings

New Geographies of Protection and Production in the Galápagos Islands

Bibliographic Data

ID8375795
AuthorsGabriela Valdivia (0000-0001-9442-8005, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), W Wolford (0000-0002-5990-0404, Cornell University, corresponding author), F Lu (0000-0002-7045-5954, University of California, Santa Cruz, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume104
Issue3
Pages686-701
Publication date2014-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00045608.2014.892390
OpenAlexW2067363312
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited57

The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, have been managed as a fortress of conservation since the late 1950s. Well-maintained borders separate the Galápagos National Park (GNP) and inhabited areas as incommensurable spaces of natural (protected) and human (productive) life. In recent years, ecological, political, and economic crises have challenged this separation and stimulated shifts in the socioecological thought that underlies conservation management. In this article, we draw on the insights of border studies and of studies that recognize the hybrid and collective nature of conservation to trace the discursive and material exchanges that traffic the GNP border. The goal is to resituate the contribution of borders in nature conservation: from borders as technologies that fix space for protection to borders as sites of lively encounters with the potential to transform conservation theory and practice

Ancient history · Ethnology · Fortress (chess) · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · History

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