The Mero Ikojts and the Wind. Indigenous Perspectives on Renewable Energy in Mexico

在化石资源稀缺、全球能源使用量不断上升的背景下，可再生能源的开发已成为公共和私营部门关注的焦点。当在土著社区的领土上利用大型技术项目开发可再生能源时，这一发展也会影响到土著社区。然而，到目前为止，人们对土著和可再生能源之间的关系知之甚少。该研究项目在墨西哥特万特佩克地峡的一个大型风电场项目的背景下，仔细研究了文化上特定的、土著对“风”和“可再生能源”的看法及其特点。三个研究领域处于中心舞台：风、身份和经济之间的关系；本土的形成；以及演员对能源的不同本体论概念化。这项研究的目的是揭示具有不同资源利用兴趣的行为者之间经常相互冲突的互动，并就可再生能源的世界观特定概念提供新的见解。在冲突的情况下，特定的本体论变得明显。该项目的目的也是促进我们对可再生能源领域中人、自然、知识和技术之间复杂和不断变化的关系的理解。它将通过将具体星座分析为集合体来做到这一点。此外，通过承认多重本体论的存在，这个项目挑战了“现代性”作为正确和霸权的概念。这项研究的视角将揭示土著群体、跨国企业和国家之间关系的细微差别，这些关系反映了对自然的不同看法。

In the context of scarcity of fossil resources and rising energy use worldwide, the exploitation of renewable energy resources has become the focus of attention from both the public and private sectors. This development affects also indigenous communities when renewable energies are exploited by the use of large-scale technical projects on their territories. However, so far, only little is known about the relationship between indigeneity and renewable energy. This research project scrutinises cultural specific, indigenous perceptions of 'wind' and 'renewable energy' and their characteristics in the context of an enormous wind park project located at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico. Three research fields are at centre stage: the relationships between wind, identity, and economy; the becoming of indigeneity; and the actors' diverse ontological conceptualisations of energy. The aim of this research is to shed a new light on the - often - conflictive interactions between actors with diverse interest of resource use and to deliver new insights on worldview specific concepts of renewable energy. In the context of a conflictive situation, the specific ontologies become overtly manifest. The aim of this project is also to advance our understanding of complex and constantly changing relationships between humans, nature, knowledge and technologies in the field of renewable energies. It will do so by analysing concrete constellations as assemblage. Further, by acknowledging the existence of multiple ontologies, this project challenges notions of 'modernity' as correct and hegemonic. The perspective of this study will reveal nuances in the relationships between indigenous groups, transnational businesses and the state that reflect divergent perceptions of nature.