Population Displacement because of Mining in Mazapil, Zacatecas. A Gender Analysis
This article analyzes, from a gender perspective, the forced internal displacement (dif, for its acronym in Spanish in this article) caused by the Peñasquito mine, located in northern Zacatecas. A distinction is made between physical dif and in situ dif, where it does not necessarily imply a change...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Península |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/84256 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/peninsula/article/view/84256 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | socio-environmental conflict mining gender land dispossession water dispossession conflicto socioambiental minería género despojo de tierra despojo de agua |
| Sumario: | This article analyzes, from a gender perspective, the forced internal displacement (dif, for its acronym in Spanish in this article) caused by the Peñasquito mine, located in northern Zacatecas. A distinction is made between physical dif and in situ dif, where it does not necessarily imply a change of residence, but cohabitation with mega-mining within a territory in a growing process of environmental degradation. To obtain the required information, in-depth interviews and an inquiry of residents living near the mine, were carried out. In this text, two relevant aspects become visible for a literature about the dif: 1) due to mining, the dif can be in situ (that is to say, slow, but inevitably physical because of the gradual deterioration of living conditions); and 2) the importance of women for community survival and defense of the territory, despite not having weight in the initial negotiations with the mining companies. |
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