The Aporia of Power: Crisis and the Emergence of the Corporate State
The Aporia of Power: Crisis and the Emergence of the Corporate State
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权力难题:危机与公司国家的出现
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2010
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B. Kapferer
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This article focuses on the debates over the Río Blanco mining project in Piura in northern Peru. Using Tsing’s notion of ‘friction’, I explore the complexity and global connections in this case and show how the actors engaged universal categories to pursue their agendas. I argue that the campaign against Río Blanco is an example of indigenous mobilization in contemporary Peru because the local protestors invoked the global term ‘indigenous’, although they mobilized as peasants and as ronderos/as (civil defense patrollers). Their decision to campaign as peasants, however, illustrates the continued relevance of class in a contemporary global context. By using their peasant identity strategically in combination with their regional identity and their identity as marginalized peoples, the local population of Piura gained a more powerful voice.