Saavedra Gómez, José Joaquín (2022) What is left: coastal extractivism, the Colditan viviente and local notions of space and time (Coldita Island, Quellón, Chiloé). Nuevo Mundo Mundos Nuevos: (2022) : Las mecánicas del litoral. Industrias extractivas, técnica y océanos en América austral
Journal article: id 53374
LINKED MEDIA
Title of article
What is left: coastal extractivism, the Colditan viviente and local notions of space and time (Coldita Island, Quellón, Chiloé)
Author(s) >
Journal / volume >
DOI
10.4000/nuevomundo.88920
Original ID
DY5PZLKQ
Abstract
This article describes the relationship between the Tweo Coldita Williche community (Coldita Island; Quellón commune; Archipelago of Chiloé) with coastal extractive activities, including those of the nearby city of Quellón. This relationship will be addressed through multiple elements: an ethnographical account of a witchcraft situation; the traces of extractive activities left in Coldita by different companies; and an overall history of the Colditan viviente in their engagement with modernizing processes. With this, I propose an approach to the concept of “tradition and modernity”, deployed in many scholarly interpretations of how neoliberalism has affected the archipelago. My suggestion is that local concepts of space and time could elicit other ways of approaching these topics, especially through the notions of “emplacement” and “invention”.
Extended description
Publisher: EHESS
Copyright information
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/