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Extractive relations: natural resource use, indigenous peoples and environmental protection in Peru

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posted on 2023-06-09, 16:19 authored by Evan KillickEvan Killick
Through ethnography of Ashaninka communities' involvement in timber extraction in Peruvian Amazonia and an engagement with recent discussions around Buen Vivir the article interrogates the common association between indigenous notions of ‘living well’ and environmental protection. A key insight is that Ashaninka individuals emphasise everyday well-being and equality over the preservation of their surroundings. Older critiques of extractivism are used to show the recent advent of environmentalist discourses and highlight issues connected with emphasising ontological difference. The article concludes that Buen Vivir would be better framed as a desire, and right, to self-determination rather than being associated with specific behaviours.

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Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Accepted version

Journal

Bulletin of Latin American Research

ISSN

0261-3050

Publisher

Wiley

Issue

3

Volume

39

Page range

290-304

Department affiliated with

  • Anthropology Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-12-21

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2022-02-27

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-12-19

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