The Geographies of Social Movements: Afro-Colombian Mobilization and the Aquatic Space

Social memory of riverine settlements and new experiences at sea continued to shape local identities and remained alive through storytelling, poetry, and songs.

“However, the social memory of their riverine settlements and new experiences at sea continued to shape local identities and remained alive through storytelling, poetry, and songs (Oslender 2016, 90-91).”

In the Gulf, many daily activities are scheduled looking at the sea rather than the clock.

“In the Gulf, as in other places along the Pacific, the sea plays such an important role that for many daily activities are scheduled looking at the sea rather than the clock (Oslender 2016, 9;Vargas Sarmiento and Ferro Medina 1999,19).”

Past and present knowledge production and social relations in the aquatic space have constructed local aquatic epistemologies.

“Past and present knowledge production and social relations in the aquatic space have constructed LAEs.”

Territory was produced in terms of property, passed to companies and individuals through concessions, licenses, and private titles, dispossessing local peoples' rights.

“Territory was produced in terms of property, passed to companies and individuals through concessions, licenses, and private titles, dispossessing local peoples' rights (Oslender 2016, 64;Serje 2006).”

Oslender argues that these localised knowledge systems have been the main 'site of contestation' of social movements along the Pacific coast, informing their local discourses and political practices.

“Oslender argues that these localised knowledge systems have been the main 'site of contestation' of social movements along the Pacific coast, informing their local discourses and political practices (2016, 4).”