Environmental history and the political ecology of extractivism in La Guajira, Colombia

哥伦比亚拉瓜希拉的环境历史和采掘主义政治生态

• 批准号: 2084502
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2084502
• 关键词: Environmental; history; political; ecology; extractivism

This research explores the socioecological conflict in La Guajira, a province in the north of Colombia, arising from an opencastcoalmine installed in the 1970s. This area, including part of Venezuela, has been the historical land of the Wayuu people,an indigenous group with the highest population in Colombia. Afro-descendants established there after they run away fromslavery and organised settlements. Before the mine, these rural communities have established strong links in trading, and theaccess to services such as water; they used to have a survival economy (Chomsky, 2016). The natural environment in LaGuajira is a range of ecosystems from desert to dry tropical forest and 'constitutes an important area for endemism' (UlloaDelgado,2016. P. 10). This region has also lacked government attention historically and is one of the poorest in Colombiawith a high infant mortality. 44.9% of the population there are Indigenous and 14% Afro-descendants facing pollution, waterscarcity, and the loss of livelihoods due to their displacement and/or relocation to urban settlements (Munera Montes, et al,2014).In this context, by exploring the 'environmental history' (Armiero and Sedrez, 2014) of La Guajira, I will analyse changingsocioecological relations before and after the establishment of the mine, and how the concept of 'planetary urbanisation'(Brenner and Schmid, 2012) allows us to make connections so that relations from such remote areas become understood andanalysed as an integral part of the worldwide urban fabric.Aims:(i) Re/construct an environmental history of the socioecological relations in La Guajira in order to build a narrative ofenvironmental change and provide evidence of the impact of mining on both people and the ecosystem in the region.(ii) Use 'political ecology' as a critical lens to analyse the socioecological relations and chart transformations produced byextractive industries in the context of planetary urbanisation.(iii) Develop a transdisciplinary methodology that enacts a narrative environmental history of connections and relations.Use participatory action research to co-produce community mapping, oral history, and an archive of objects and practicesrecording and representing socioecological transformations to facilitate the production of material for popular education.The research can potentially make a significant contribution to knowledge around the socioecological impacts of mining bydeveloping an interdisciplinary methodology which focuses on the experiences and 'situated knowledge' (Haraway, 1998) ofthe people living in areas with active mines

本研究探讨了社会生态冲突在瓜希拉，在哥伦比亚北部的一个省，所产生的露天煤矿安装在20世纪70年代。这一地区，包括委内瑞拉的一部分，一直是哥伦比亚人口最多的土著群体Wayuu人的历史土地。非洲人后裔在逃离奴隶制和有组织的定居点后在那里定居。在矿山之前，这些农村社区已经在贸易和获得水等服务方面建立了牢固的联系;他们曾经拥有生存经济（乔姆斯基，2016）。LaGuajira的自然环境是一系列生态系统，从沙漠到干燥的热带森林，“构成了一个重要的地方特有性区域”（UlloaDelgado，2016年）。第10页）。该地区历史上也缺乏政府的关注，是马达加斯加最贫穷的地区之一，婴儿死亡率很高。44.9%的人口是土著人，14%的非洲人后裔由于流离失所和/或搬迁到城市定居点而面临污染、缺水和失去生计的问题（Munera Montes等人，2014年）。在这种情况下，通过探索“环境历史”，（Armiero和Sedrez，2014年），我将分析矿山建立前后不断变化的社会生态关系，以及“行星城市化”的概念（Brenner和Schmid，2012）使我们能够建立联系，以便将来自这些偏远地区的关系作为全球城市结构的一个组成部分加以理解和分析。㈠关于在瓜希拉构建社会生态关系的环境史，以建立一个环境变化的叙述，并提供采矿对该区域人民和生态系统影响的证据。(ii)使用“政治生态学”作为一个关键的透镜来分析社会生态关系，并在全球城市化的背景下绘制采掘业产生的转变。(iii)发展一种跨学科的方法，制定一个叙事的连接和关系的环境历史。使用参与式行动研究，共同制作社区地图，口述历史，以及一个记录和表现社会生态变化的实物和实践档案，以促进大众教育材料的制作。这项研究可以通过开发，一种跨学科的方法，侧重于生活在活跃地雷地区的人们的经验和“现场知识”（Haraway，1998年）