Indigenous Gold Mining in the Kenkuim Shuar Community: A Decolonial and Postcapitalist Approach to Sustainability

Indigenous Gold Mining in the Kenkuim Shuar Community: A Decolonial and Postcapitalist Approach to Sustainability

This article analyzes the experiences of the small Shuar community of Kenkuim (Congüime) in the Ecuadorian Amazon that since 2016 carries out gold mining through the communitarian company Exploken Minera. The case is unique in South America, not only for being the only example of indigenous mining g...

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Main Authors: Rickard Lalander, María Beatriz Eguiguren-Riofrío, Ana Karina Vera, Gabriela Espinosa, Maleny Reyes, Magnus Lembke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Zaragoza, Cátedra de Cooperación para el Desarrollo 2021-11-01
Series:Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo
Subjects:
congüime
decoloniality
postcapitalism
resistance-adaptation
shuar community
sustainable indigenous mining
Online Access:http://ried.unizar.es/index.php/revista/article/viewFile/570/570.es

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