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Canadian mega-mining in Central Mexico: Ecologically Unequal Exchange, Violence and Organized resistance 1992-2016

Altamirano Vazquez, Ingrid LU (2017) HEKM51 20171
Human Ecology
Abstract
This thesis examines the historical dynamics of ecologically unequal exchange, coloniality of power, and systemic violence embedded in mining activities. With the use of a combined Marxist and De-colonial critical approach, it accomplishes a political ecology analysis of Canadian mega-mining in central Mexico and the socioenvironmental conflicts related to it, particularly in Cerro de San Pedro and the sacred territory of Wirikuta, between 1992-2016. In like manner, the research focuses on how the discourses and promises of development, economic growth and sustainability have been used to conceal processes of accumulation by dispossession, often accompanied by systemic violence and militarization that aim to de-articulate opposition and... (More)
This thesis examines the historical dynamics of ecologically unequal exchange, coloniality of power, and systemic violence embedded in mining activities. With the use of a combined Marxist and De-colonial critical approach, it accomplishes a political ecology analysis of Canadian mega-mining in central Mexico and the socioenvironmental conflicts related to it, particularly in Cerro de San Pedro and the sacred territory of Wirikuta, between 1992-2016. In like manner, the research focuses on how the discourses and promises of development, economic growth and sustainability have been used to conceal processes of accumulation by dispossession, often accompanied by systemic violence and militarization that aim to de-articulate opposition and resistance movements in contexts of exacerbated poverty, social inequality and environmental degradation. The present study was carried out through fieldwork, participant observation and in- depth interviews in Central Mexico during December 2010, December 2011 and February-March 2017. (Less)
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author
Altamirano Vazquez, Ingrid LU
supervisor
organization
course
HEKM51 20171
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Ecologically unequal exchange, coloniality, colonial domination, environmental load displacement, geostrategic mineral reserves, political ecology, colonial elite, national interest, sovereignty, accumulation by dispossession, militarization, armed neoliberalism, environmental degradation, environmental racism, poverty, violence, systemic violence, state violence, war on drugs, repression, extractivism, sustainability, culture, power structures, economic dependency.
language
English
id
8908111
date added to LUP
2017-06-20 08:43:37
date last changed
2021-10-22 15:23:23
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  abstract     = {{This thesis examines the historical dynamics of ecologically unequal exchange, coloniality of power, and systemic violence embedded in mining activities. With the use of a combined Marxist and De-colonial critical approach, it accomplishes a political ecology analysis of Canadian mega-mining in central Mexico and the socioenvironmental conflicts related to it, particularly in Cerro de San Pedro and the sacred territory of Wirikuta, between 1992-2016. In like manner, the research focuses on how the discourses and promises of development, economic growth and sustainability have been used to conceal processes of accumulation by dispossession, often accompanied by systemic violence and militarization that aim to de-articulate opposition and resistance movements in contexts of exacerbated poverty, social inequality and environmental degradation. The present study was carried out through fieldwork, participant observation and in- depth interviews in Central Mexico during December 2010, December 2011 and February-March 2017.}},
  author       = {{Altamirano Vazquez, Ingrid}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Canadian mega-mining in Central Mexico: Ecologically Unequal Exchange, Violence and Organized resistance 1992-2016}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}