Lombard, M. orcid.org/0000-0003-1660-1794, Hernandez-Garcia, J. and Salgado-Ramirez, I. (2023) Beyond displacement: territorialization in the port city of Buenaventura, Colombia. Territory, Politics, Governance, 11 (7). pp. 1324-1343. ISSN 2162-2671
Abstract
In (post-)conflict contexts, territorial struggles are strongly associated with the displacement of communities, whether rural–urban or intra-urban. Here, we argue for refocusing attention on territorialization processes as a means of understanding the dynamics and consequences of contestation between vulnerable minority communities and powerful groups. Focusing on the majority Afro-Colombian city of Buenaventura in the Pacific coastal region, which is simultaneously Colombia’s most significant port and one of its most neglected cities, we explore processes of de- and re-territorialization. Beyond tropes of displacement and resistance, territorialization offers a conceptual lens for understanding territorial struggles as complex events, in terms of the physical and symbolic effects of de-territorialization on communities and individuals, and re-territorialization as plural, disruptive practices of re-existence. This suggests the need to focus on everyday experiences as well as specific time- and space-bound moments of struggle. In this way, a territorialization approach permits a deeper understanding of the social production of territory with multiple elements relating to identity, symbolic practices and time–space dimensions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Buenaventura; Colombia; territorialisation; (post-)conflict; displacement; resistance; everyday; Afro-Colombian |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ES/R01096X/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2021 11:21 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jun 2024 14:21 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/21622671.2021.1908160 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:172470 |