Territorial redefinition and mining of the 21st century: case study of an Afro-Colombian community of Northern Cauca, Colombia

• Grant number: 14/17335-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: November 01, 2014
• End date: October 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology - Rural Anthropology
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: José Maurício Paiva Andion Arruti
• Grantee: Germán Andrés Moriones Polanía
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this project is to study the territorial conflicts between the Afro-Colombian community of La Toma, who make their living from traditional mining, and the Colombian state. The state handed over the right to exploit the community's ancestral territory to a large-scale industrial transnational company. The historical roots of the community in La Toma, in the South East of Colombia can be traced back to 1634 but the state's 2007 licensing of the transnational company ignored the ethnic and territorial rights recognized by the Colombian Constitution of 1991, especially the right to a prior and public consultation. This project departs from the anthropological literature on black communities developed since the 1950s in Colombia and the theoretical perspectives provided by political ecology. Ultimately it will analyse the territorial dynamics of the community of La Toma, from its traditional management practices to its strategies of resistance in the face of a recent conflict and the ways in which territory acquires new meanings and evaluations. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

POLANÍA, Germán Andrés Moriones. La Toma: mineração ancestral de ouro e configuração territorial em uma comunidade afrodescendente do norte do Cauca, Colômbia. 2017. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Campinas, SP.