Reclaiming the lake: citizenship and environment-as-common-property in highland Peru
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Reclaiming the lake : citizenship and environment-as-common-property in highland Peru. / Rasmussen, Mattias Borg.
In: Focaal, Vol. 74, 2016, p. 13–27 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Reclaiming the lake
T2 - citizenship and environment-as-common-property in highland Peru
AU - Rasmussen, Mattias Borg
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Since the early 1990s Peru has experienced an expansion in mining activities and an expansion in what the Peruvian ombudsman defines as socioenvironmental conflicts. This article examines the dynamics through which an environmental issue is transformed into a matter of citizenship and social belonging during a weeklong uprising in defense of Lake Conococha. Highlighting the collective actions and personal narratives from participants in the region-wide blockade, the article therefore seeks to understand how dispossessions of environmental resources perceived as common property are cast in terms of individual rights that move well beyond the site of conflict. It is therefore argued that the actions to reclaim Lake Conococha were not only a battle for natural resources and clean water, but more fundamentally an attempt to repossess a citizenship that may be constitutionally secured but all too oft en fails to be a lived reality in the high Andes of Peru. Access brought to you by:Koebenhavns Universitet © 2016 Berghahn Books Customer Support Email Log out Powered by: Safari Sign in to annotate
AB - Since the early 1990s Peru has experienced an expansion in mining activities and an expansion in what the Peruvian ombudsman defines as socioenvironmental conflicts. This article examines the dynamics through which an environmental issue is transformed into a matter of citizenship and social belonging during a weeklong uprising in defense of Lake Conococha. Highlighting the collective actions and personal narratives from participants in the region-wide blockade, the article therefore seeks to understand how dispossessions of environmental resources perceived as common property are cast in terms of individual rights that move well beyond the site of conflict. It is therefore argued that the actions to reclaim Lake Conococha were not only a battle for natural resources and clean water, but more fundamentally an attempt to repossess a citizenship that may be constitutionally secured but all too oft en fails to be a lived reality in the high Andes of Peru. Access brought to you by:Koebenhavns Universitet © 2016 Berghahn Books Customer Support Email Log out Powered by: Safari Sign in to annotate
U2 - 10.3167/fcl.2016.740102
DO - 10.3167/fcl.2016.740102
M3 - Journal article
VL - 74
SP - 13
EP - 27
JO - Focaal
JF - Focaal
SN - 0920-1297
ER -
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