Multiple territorialities and the shifting conservation frontiers of Patagonia
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Multiple territorialities and the shifting conservation frontiers of Patagonia. / Rasmussen, Mattias Borg; Mendoza, Marcos.
I: Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Bind 28, Nr. 4, 2023, s. 320-330.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Multiple territorialities and the shifting conservation frontiers of Patagonia
AU - Rasmussen, Mattias Borg
AU - Mendoza, Marcos
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the American Anthropological Association.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This conclusion to the In-Focus issue examines the conservation frontier in Patagonia. The conservation frontier is a historical process of spatial transformation connected to the mobilization of imaginaries that unlock existing regimes of resource control and promote new territorialization projects. The discussion highlights the creation of national park systems, the securing of the contested border, and the conversion of Andean Patagonia into a space of sublime wilderness. We argue that the contemporary conservation frontier is an open field of contestation defined by its multiplicities. The articles comprising the special issue reflect crosscutting themes regarding frontier multiplicities: varied conservation-based territorialization projects; the genesis of onto-epistemic frictions between actors; and disparate frontier temporalities that anchor spatial transformations. These contemporary frontier projects draw attention to new avenues of change related to Indigenous self-rule and carework, co-management regimes, infrastructure building efforts, and eco-apocalyptic temporalities, as well as hyping the possibility of Patagonia as a bastion for alternative energy. Thus, this conclusion highlights how conservation frontiers are historically made and remade in relation to spatial production tied to capitalist dynamics and state formation.
AB - This conclusion to the In-Focus issue examines the conservation frontier in Patagonia. The conservation frontier is a historical process of spatial transformation connected to the mobilization of imaginaries that unlock existing regimes of resource control and promote new territorialization projects. The discussion highlights the creation of national park systems, the securing of the contested border, and the conversion of Andean Patagonia into a space of sublime wilderness. We argue that the contemporary conservation frontier is an open field of contestation defined by its multiplicities. The articles comprising the special issue reflect crosscutting themes regarding frontier multiplicities: varied conservation-based territorialization projects; the genesis of onto-epistemic frictions between actors; and disparate frontier temporalities that anchor spatial transformations. These contemporary frontier projects draw attention to new avenues of change related to Indigenous self-rule and carework, co-management regimes, infrastructure building efforts, and eco-apocalyptic temporalities, as well as hyping the possibility of Patagonia as a bastion for alternative energy. Thus, this conclusion highlights how conservation frontiers are historically made and remade in relation to spatial production tied to capitalist dynamics and state formation.
KW - capitalism
KW - Capitalismo
KW - Conservación
KW - conservation
KW - Frontera
KW - frontier
KW - Patagonia
KW - Territorialidad
KW - territoriality
U2 - 10.1111/jlca.12689
DO - 10.1111/jlca.12689
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85172133790
VL - 28
SP - 320
EP - 330
JO - Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
JF - Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
SN - 1935-4932
IS - 4
ER -
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