Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes (New

Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes (New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century)
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In Territories of Difference, Arturo Escobar, author of the widely debated book Encountering Development, analyzes the politics of difference enacted by specific place-based ethnic and environmental movements in the context of neoliberal globalization. His analysis is based on his many years of engagement with a group of Afro-Colombian activists of Colombiaâ‚¬s Pacific rainforest region, the Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN). Escobar offers a detailed ethnographic account of PCNâ‚¬s visions, strategies, and practices, and he chronicles and analyzes the movementâ‚¬s struggles for autonomy, territory, justice, and cultural recognition. Yet he also does much more. Consistently emphasizing the value of local activist knowledge for both understanding and social action and drawing on multiple strands of critical scholarship, Escobar proposes new ways for scholars and activists to examine and apprehend the momentous, complex processes engulfing regions such as the Colombian Pacific today.
Escobar illuminates many interrelated dynamics, including the Colombian governmentâ‚¬s policies of development and pluralism that created conditions for the emergence of black and indigenous social movements and those movementsâ‚¬ efforts to steer the region in particular directions. He examines attempts by capitalists to appropriate the rainforest and extract resources, by developers to set the region on the path of modernist progress, and by biologists and others to defend this incredibly rich biodiversity â‚¬Å“hot-spotâ‚¬Â from the most predatory activities of capitalists and developers. He also looks at the attempts of academics, activists, and intellectuals to understand all of these complicated processes. Territories of Difference is Escobarâ‚¬s effort to think with Afro-Colombian intellectual-activists who aim to move beyond the limits of Eurocentric paradigms as they confront the ravages of neoliberal globalization and seek to defend their place-based cultures and territories.
Country USA
Brand Duke University Press
Manufacturer Duke University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 5 tables, 2 maps, 6 figures
ReleaseDate 2008-11-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780822343271

Country	USA
Brand	Duke University Press
Manufacturer	Duke University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	5 tables, 2 maps, 6 figures
ReleaseDate	2008-11-26
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780822343271

Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes (New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century)

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