Caminos de frontera: espacio y poder en la historia del piedemonte amazónico colombiano
This article analyzes of ethnographic, geographical and cartographic discourses around transportation infrastructure plans and projects in the Andean-Amazonian foothills of southern Colombia. Specifically, it shows how the colonial and postcolonial vision of the foothills as a physical and symbolic...
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description | This article analyzes of ethnographic, geographical and cartographic discourses around transportation infrastructure plans and projects in the Andean-Amazonian foothills of southern Colombia. Specifically, it shows how the colonial and postcolonial vision of the foothills as a physical and symbolic frontier between a “civilized” and a “savage” world has been instrumental in the conception and execution of such plans and projects, and, more broadly, in the control and appropriation of the Amazonian region. Originality: Usually, historical works on the Colombian nation-building have adopted a monolithic and centric vision of infrastructure because development has historically been confined to a limited portion of the national territory. On the contrary, this article focuses on the role of regions considered “frontiers”, “peripheries” or “margins” in the construction and legitimation of a hegemonic state project. Methodology: The research is based on the analysis and contrasting of primary sources such as travelers’ accounts, cartographic representations, and missionary and government archives. Conclusions: By establishing historical continuity in the discourses and infrastructure practices of the Andean-Amazonian foothills, we can conclude that these are part of a long-standing tradition in which the foothills is seen as a frontier, and roads and highways are viewed as “civilizing” infrastructure of the Amazonian space. |
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spelling | doaj.art-2572f86e704e404ca12e75bc667bccbf2022-12-22T03:28:22ZspaUniversidad de los AndesHistoria Crítica0121-16171900-61522019-04-0172699210.7440/histcrit72.2019.04Caminos de frontera: espacio y poder en la historia del piedemonte amazónico colombianoSimón Uribe0Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, ColombiaThis article analyzes of ethnographic, geographical and cartographic discourses around transportation infrastructure plans and projects in the Andean-Amazonian foothills of southern Colombia. Specifically, it shows how the colonial and postcolonial vision of the foothills as a physical and symbolic frontier between a “civilized” and a “savage” world has been instrumental in the conception and execution of such plans and projects, and, more broadly, in the control and appropriation of the Amazonian region. Originality: Usually, historical works on the Colombian nation-building have adopted a monolithic and centric vision of infrastructure because development has historically been confined to a limited portion of the national territory. On the contrary, this article focuses on the role of regions considered “frontiers”, “peripheries” or “margins” in the construction and legitimation of a hegemonic state project. Methodology: The research is based on the analysis and contrasting of primary sources such as travelers’ accounts, cartographic representations, and missionary and government archives. Conclusions: By establishing historical continuity in the discourses and infrastructure practices of the Andean-Amazonian foothills, we can conclude that these are part of a long-standing tradition in which the foothills is seen as a frontier, and roads and highways are viewed as “civilizing” infrastructure of the Amazonian space.https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.7440/histcrit72.2019.04Amazonian regionColombiadevelopmentfrontiersinfrastructurestate-building |
spellingShingle | Simón Uribe Caminos de frontera: espacio y poder en la historia del piedemonte amazónico colombiano Historia Crítica Amazonian region Colombia development frontiers infrastructure state-building |
title | Caminos de frontera: espacio y poder en la historia del piedemonte amazónico colombiano |
title_full | Caminos de frontera: espacio y poder en la historia del piedemonte amazónico colombiano |
title_fullStr | Caminos de frontera: espacio y poder en la historia del piedemonte amazónico colombiano |
title_full_unstemmed | Caminos de frontera: espacio y poder en la historia del piedemonte amazónico colombiano |
title_short | Caminos de frontera: espacio y poder en la historia del piedemonte amazónico colombiano |
title_sort | caminos de frontera espacio y poder en la historia del piedemonte amazonico colombiano |
topic | Amazonian region Colombia development frontiers infrastructure state-building |
url | https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.7440/histcrit72.2019.04 |
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