A Biography of Water in Atacama, Chile: Two Indigenous Community Responses to the Extractive Encroachments of Mining
Abstract
Resumen El siguiente artículo examina las respuestas indígenas ante las invasiones mineras que se llevan a cabo en Atacama. Este análisis revela la existencia de sistemas valoricos y de significados en competencia dentro de los que podemos identificar cambios en la conceptualización del agua. Específicamente, se describen dos ejemplos etnográficos que dan cuenta como en las comunidades de Turi y Toconce (al norte de Chile), se concibe el agua como mercancía cuando se arrienda a–pero no cuando se defiende de–una empresa minera. Tal como lo argumenta Kopytoff (1988:69), un mundo perfectamente mercantilizado seria aquel en el cual todo lo que es intercambiable se encuentra a la venta. De la misma manera, un mundo perfectamente desmercantilizado seria aquél en el cual nada es intercambiable. Este estudio demuestra cómo ninguna situación en la vida real se ajusta a esos extremos. Por el contrario, toda economía del mundo real, ocupa un lugar que transita constantemente dentro de un espectro de posibilidades. [agua, Andes, mercancias, mineria, pueblos indigenas, sagrado]
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- Authors
- Carrasco, A.
- Affiliations
- Luther College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Carrasco, Anita
- Venue
- The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-03
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 130-150
- ISSN
- 1085-7052 (ISSN-L)
- 1935-4932
- 1935-4940
- OpenAlex
- W2467498624
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4
- FWCI
- 10.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Indigenous Studies in Latin America
- Keywords
- water, mining, indigenous peoples, commodification of water, sacred water, extractivism, Turi, Atacama Desert, Andes
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