Publication: Más de un Wirikuta pero menos de dos: geopolítica versus cosmopolítica como estrategia de resistencia
Authors
Avilés Conesa, Ángel David ; Guzmán Chávez, Mauricio Genet
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Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones
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DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/rmu.521511
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Abstract
En este artículo proponemos una mirada del conflicto socioambiental en el Sitio Sagrado
Natural de Wirikuta (SSNW), en la zona semiárida del norte de México, originado por el proyecto
de explotación minera que llevaría a cabo la empresa canadiense First Majestic Silver
Corp. El Frente de Defensa de Wirikuta (FDW), movimiento social en contra de este proyecto,
logró la suspensión cautelar de las concesiones mineras. Este movimiento y las resistencias
que produjeron se constituyó como un emblema especialmente simbólico y significativo de
las resistencias sociales en México y en América Latina. El análisis que proponemos presta
atención a los cambios promovidos en el contexto general de las políticas neoliberales que
han dado paso a legislaciones nacionales flexibles en materia de inversión y saqueo de los
recursos naturales que tiene un efecto que transforma los territorios. Esta transformación va
a permitir determinados usos de los recursos y a sancionar otros en función de los actores
que implanten los significados a los territorios. La premisa que urde la discusión y nos conduce
a una apreciación de lo aprendido en este caso remite a la importancia de lo sagrado como
elemento discursivo y práctico para defensa del territorio. Para acotar la temática propuesta
realizaremos un recorrido deductivo de los procesos de transformación del territorio comenzando
de modo extensivo en América Latina, México y finalmente a la amenaza concreta en
Wirikuta como contextos de acción relacionales.
We propose a look at the socio-environmental conflict in the Sacred Natural Site of Wirikuta (SSNW), in the semi-arid zone of northern Mexico, caused by the mining exploitation project carried out by the Canadian company First Majestic Silver Corp. El Frente of Defense of Wirikuta (FDW), a social movement against this project, obtained the precautionary suspension of the mining concessions. This movement and the resistance it produced became a particularly symbolic and significant emblem of social resistance in Mexico and Latin America.The analysis we propose pays attention to the changes promoted in the general context of neoliberal policies that have given way to flexible national legislation on investment and looting of natural resources that has an effect that transforms the territories. This transformation will allow certain uses of the resources and sanction others depending on the actors who implant the meanings in the territories. The premise that weaves the discussion and leads us to an appreciation of what has been learned in this case refers to the importance of the sacred as a discursive and practical element for the defense of the territory. To delimit the proposed theme, we will carry out a deductive tour of the transformation processes of the territory, beginning extensively in Latin America, Mexico and finally to the specific threat in Wirikuta as contexts of relational action.
We propose a look at the socio-environmental conflict in the Sacred Natural Site of Wirikuta (SSNW), in the semi-arid zone of northern Mexico, caused by the mining exploitation project carried out by the Canadian company First Majestic Silver Corp. El Frente of Defense of Wirikuta (FDW), a social movement against this project, obtained the precautionary suspension of the mining concessions. This movement and the resistance it produced became a particularly symbolic and significant emblem of social resistance in Mexico and Latin America.The analysis we propose pays attention to the changes promoted in the general context of neoliberal policies that have given way to flexible national legislation on investment and looting of natural resources that has an effect that transforms the territories. This transformation will allow certain uses of the resources and sanction others depending on the actors who implant the meanings in the territories. The premise that weaves the discussion and leads us to an appreciation of what has been learned in this case refers to the importance of the sacred as a discursive and practical element for the defense of the territory. To delimit the proposed theme, we will carry out a deductive tour of the transformation processes of the territory, beginning extensively in Latin America, Mexico and finally to the specific threat in Wirikuta as contexts of relational action.
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Revista murciana de antropología, n.º 29, 2022
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