Mendoza, M, Fletcher, R, Holmes, G orcid.org/0000-0002-5393-5753 et al. (2 more authors) (2017) The Patagonian Imaginary: Natural Resources and Global Capitalism at the Far End of the World. Journal of Latin American Geography, 16 (2). pp. 93-116. ISSN 1545-2476
Abstract
This paper examines how Southern Andean Patagonia has been increasingly incorporated within networks of global capital since the 1990s. Once defined by military violence against indigenous societies, white settler colonialism, and livestock farming, this remote region has become an iconic center for green development in Latin America. This article develops the argument that a regional territorial imaginary—grounded in a history of borderland geopolitics—has facilitated this recent shift towards green development across the resource domains of land conservation, hydropower, and forestry. The discussion addresses the different ways in which forests, waterways, and protected areas (public and private) have been integrated into a hegemonic vision promoting eco-regionalism among state, corporate, and civil society actors. This analysis thus contributes to scholarship on global capitalism, natural resource governance, and green development in Latin America by developing the concept of the regional territorial imaginary to describe these dynamics. This analytic highlights how processes of capitalist specialization and regionalization occur through the open-ended consolidation of master images that build upon spatial histories, transnational regimes of representational value, and political struggles among diverse actors.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2017, The Conference of Latin American Geographers. This is a pre-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Latin American Geography following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available through the University of Texas Press. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Regional Territorial Imaginary; Green Development; Global Capitalism; Patagonia |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Leverhulme Trust ECF/2010/0630 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2017 13:36 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jul 2018 00:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of Texas Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1353/lag.2017.0023 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:120725 |