THE MULTIPLE AND SYSTEMATIC VIOLENCES LINKED TO FOREST EXTRACTIVISM IN WALLMAPU

Authors

  • Marien González-Hidalgo Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • Sandra López-Dietz Universidad de La Frontera

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/ACS2019.9.8

Keywords:

extractivism, forestry industry, businesses, Mapuche people, physical violence, symbolic violence, psychological violence

Abstract

A great deal of the development and expansion of the forestry industry has taken place due to the agrarian counter-reformation implemented in the dictatorship era, by which —by virtue of Decree Law 701— lands were given back to the oligarchy and public resources were allocated to forestry companies. From then on, the state has implemented a series of actions to protect the property of several land-owning families in Wallmapu. These strategies of protection have gone hand in hand with different forms of violence that have been implemented in this territory and have affected the daily lives of its residents. Thus, this article deals with the ways in which these forms of violence are materialized and it sheds light on their re-occurrence and their severity. With this goal in mind, we distinguish three main forms of violence: (1) physical, (2) ecological, and (3) symbolic. So, this chapter presents a discussion of how the repressive strategies of states are implemented and what actors —for example, businesses— take part in them.

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Published

2020-01-02

How to Cite

González-Hidalgo, M., & López-Dietz, S. (2020). THE MULTIPLE AND SYSTEMATIC VIOLENCES LINKED TO FOREST EXTRACTIVISM IN WALLMAPU. Social Conflict Yearbook, (9). https://doi.org/10.1344/ACS2019.9.8

Issue

No. 9: SOCIAL CONFLICT YEARBOOK IN MAPUCHE TERRITORY, 2018

Section

Conflict Analysis

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