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Making new worlds? Agrarian differentiation and anti-mining struggle in Pacto, Ecuador

Jederlund, John LU (2024) MIDM19 20241
Department of Human Geography
LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management
Abstract
In the contemporary global economy, capitalist resource extraction is an increasingly dominant feature. In this context, demands on mineral resources have driven mining industries to expand into untapped rural frontiers in the global South. This research explores life on such a frontier, and focuses on local political resistance to mining and the capitalist driven processes of agrarian differentiation. Through semi-structured and ethnographic interviewing in Pacto, Ecuador and a theoretical approach of critical politics, the study investigates the articulation, mobilisation and interruptions of critical politics in relation to mining. The study finds that mining resistance in Pacto is anchored in articulations and social connections... (More)
In the contemporary global economy, capitalist resource extraction is an increasingly dominant feature. In this context, demands on mineral resources have driven mining industries to expand into untapped rural frontiers in the global South. This research explores life on such a frontier, and focuses on local political resistance to mining and the capitalist driven processes of agrarian differentiation. Through semi-structured and ethnographic interviewing in Pacto, Ecuador and a theoretical approach of critical politics, the study investigates the articulation, mobilisation and interruptions of critical politics in relation to mining. The study finds that mining resistance in Pacto is anchored in articulations and social connections relating to the local agricultural livelihood, the panela. The practice of mining resistance happened simultaneously in less organised on-the-ground forms, and organised work in policy spheres. Furthermore, critical politics has been interrupted by external extractivist forces, and internal dynamics of agrarian differentiation. Regarding the latter, agrarian differentiation takes shapes of intersectional class, generation, and gender hierarchies. (Less)
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Jederlund, John LU
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MIDM19 20241
year
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H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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keywords
mining, resistance, critical politics, agrarian differentiation, capitalism, patriarchy, development
language
English
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9162696
date added to LUP
2024-07-24 11:21:05
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  abstract     = {{In the contemporary global economy, capitalist resource extraction is an increasingly dominant feature. In this context, demands on mineral resources have driven mining industries to expand into untapped rural frontiers in the global South. This research explores life on such a frontier, and focuses on local political resistance to mining and the capitalist driven processes of agrarian differentiation. Through semi-structured and ethnographic interviewing in Pacto, Ecuador and a theoretical approach of critical politics, the study investigates the articulation, mobilisation and interruptions of critical politics in relation to mining. The study finds that mining resistance in Pacto is anchored in articulations and social connections relating to the local agricultural livelihood, the panela. The practice of mining resistance happened simultaneously in less organised on-the-ground forms, and organised work in policy spheres. Furthermore, critical politics has been interrupted by external extractivist forces, and internal dynamics of agrarian differentiation. Regarding the latter, agrarian differentiation takes shapes of intersectional class, generation, and gender hierarchies.}},
  author       = {{Jederlund, John}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Making new worlds? Agrarian differentiation and anti-mining struggle in Pacto, Ecuador}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}