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OverviewIn Unearthing Conflict Fabiana Li analyzes the aggressive expansion and modernization of mining in Peru since the 1990s to tease out the dynamics of mining-based protests. Issues of water scarcity and pollution, the loss of farmland, and the degradation of sacred land are especially contentious. She traces the emergence of the conflicts by discussing the smelter-town of La Oroya-where people have lived with toxic emissions for almost a century-before focusing her analysis on the relatively new Yanacocha gold mega-mine. Debates about what kinds of knowledge count as legitimate, Li argues, lie at the core of activist and corporate mining campaigns. Li pushes against the concept of ""equivalence""-or methods with which to quantify and compare things such as pollution-to explain how opposing groups interpret environmental regulations, assess a project's potential impacts, and negotiate monetary compensation for damages. This politics of equivalence is central to these mining controversies, and Li uncovers the mechanisms through which competing parties create knowledge, assign value, arrive at contrasting definitions of pollution, and construct the Peruvian mountains as spaces under constant negotiation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Fabiana LiPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.503kg ISBN: 9780822358190ISBN 10: 0822358190 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 08 April 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. A Mining Country 1 Part I. Mining Past and Present 1. Toxic Legacies, Nascent Activism 35 2. Mega-Mining and Emergent Conflicts 71 Part II. Water and Life 3. The Hydrology of a Sacred Mountain 107 4. Inrrigation and Contested Equivalences 143 Part III. Activism and Expertise 5. Stepping outside the Document 185 Conclusion. Expanding Frontiers of Extraction 215 Notes 235 References 243 Index 257ReviewsUnearthing Conflict is the first really good, English-language ethnography of mining in Peru, and its appearance especially timely given that mining has become the backbone of the Peruvian economy. Based on fascinating fieldwork, Fabiana Li's book will be of much interest to scholars of Peru and the Andes as well as those trying to better understand mining and the fraught politics of money, nature, corporate capitalism, and social protest around this gigantic global industry. -- Orin Starn, coeditor of The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics Unearthing Conflict is a well-documented, thoughtful, and engagingly written account of mining-related conflicts in Peru. Looking at two different historically situated modes of resource extraction through the lens of ontological politics and 'contested equivalence,' Fabiana Li provides a novel, conceptually productive view of how such things as 'pollution' and 'water as life' are constituted and behave as actors in the world. A fine contribution to literatures on mining, environmental politics, and activism. -- Elizabeth Emma Ferry, author of Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the US-Mexico Border This is a timely ethnography of contemporary mining conflict... She offers an attractive understanding of conflict. No theory of resistance along the lines of already assumed, immutable material interests (such as mass protests or road blockades) can capture the nuances with which Li meticulously unearths conflict. ... It is a must-read for veterans and newcomers to research in the anthropology of mining. -- Anita Carrasco American Ethnologist This book does a lot and it does it well. It will be helpful not only in providing a rich foundation for studies of mining conflict in Peru, but also for students and scholars really looking for a way to illuminate the complexities of the common reality of community/government/corporate conflict over resource extraction in the name of 'development' throughout Latin America and beyond. -- Kristina Baines Anthropology Book Forum [Li's] analysis is based on an extensive and exhaustive ethnographic research and informed by an analytical framework that is well suited for deconstructing, exploring, and unveiling. Unearthing Conflict is in this regard an obliged resource for those interested in understanding not only mining conflicts and activism or the complexities of human agency but also the broader interactions between humans and nature(s), especially in these critical times. -- Cristina Espinosa Ch. American Anthropologist Fabiana Li's innovative ethnography breaks new ground in conceptualizing the political ecology of mining controversies...The book makes a significant contribution to the field of political ecology by rethinking the ways in which landscapes take on political significance. It is highly recommended reading for students and scholars interested in environmental politics, corporate social responsibility, and social movements. -- Teresa A. Velasquez Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute Li's extensive fieldwork in Peru adds authenticity and authority to each of her compelling case studies. The book is accessible to upper-division undergraduate courses as well as graduate seminars on modern Latin America. Anyone interested in conflicts over extractive resources, Andean mining communities, and social anthropology in Peru should add Unearthing Conflict to their reading lists. -- Stephen Cote Environmental History Unearthing Conflict is a well-documented, thoughtful, and engagingly written account of mining-related conflicts in Peru. Looking at two different historically situated modes of resource extraction through the lens of ontological politics and 'contested equivalence, ' Fabiana Li provides a novel, conceptually productive view of how such things as 'pollution' and 'water as life' are constituted and behave as actors in the world. A fine contribution to literatures on mining, environmental politics, and activism. --Elizabeth Emma Ferry, author of Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the US-Mexico Border Unearthing Conflict is the first really good, English-language ethnography of mining in Peru, and its appearance especially timely given that mining has become the backbone of the Peruvian economy. Based on fascinating fieldwork, Fabiana Li's book will be of much interest to scholars of Peru and the Andes as well as those trying to better understand mining and the fraught politics of money, nature, corporate capitalism, and social protest around this gigantic global industry. -- Orin Starn, coeditor of The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics Unearthing Conflict is a well-documented, thoughtful, and engagingly written account of mining-related conflicts in Peru. Looking at two different historically situated modes of resource extraction through the lens of ontological politics and 'contested equivalence,' Fabiana Li provides a novel, conceptually productive view of how such things as 'pollution' and 'water as life' are constituted and behave as actors in the world. A fine contribution to literatures on mining, environmental politics, and activism. -- Elizabeth Emma Ferry, author of Minerals, Collecting, and Value across the US-Mexico Border This is a timely ethnography of contemporary mining conflict... She offers an attractive understanding of conflict. No theory of resistance along the lines of already assumed, immutable material interests (such as mass protests or road blockades) can capture the nuances with which Li meticulously unearths conflict. ... It is a must-read for veterans and newcomers to research in the anthropology of mining. -- Anita Carrasco American Ethnologist This book does a lot and it does it well. It will be helpful not only in providing a rich foundation for studies of mining conflict in Peru, but also for students and scholars really looking for a way to illuminate the complexities of the common reality of community/government/corporate conflict over resource extraction in the name of 'development' throughout Latin America and beyond. -- Kristina Baines Anthropology Book Forum [Li's] analysis is based on an extensive and exhaustive ethnographic research and informed by an analytical framework that is well suited for deconstructing, exploring, and unveiling. Unearthing Conflict is in this regard an obliged resource for those interested in understanding not only mining conflicts and activism or the complexities of human agency but also the broader interactions between humans and nature(s), especially in these critical times. -- Cristina Espinosa Ch. American Anthropologist Fabiana Li's innovative ethnography breaks new ground in conceptualizing the political ecology of mining controversies...The book makes a significant contribution to the field of political ecology by rethinking the ways in which landscapes take on political significance. It is highly recommended reading for students and scholars interested in environmental politics, corporate social responsibility, and social movements. -- Teresa A. Velasquez Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute Author InformationFabiana Li is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Manitoba. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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