Abstract

RODRIGUEZ ECHAVARRIA, Tania. Border, agricultural extractivism and new forms of appropriation in Talamanca, Costa Rica. Trace (Méx. DF) [online]. 2021, n.80, pp.79-115.  Epub Oct 11, 2021. ISSN 2007-2392.  https://doi.org/10.22134/trace.80.2021.790.

This article seeks to generate a reflection on how the border canton of Talamanca (Costa Rica and Panama) has served as a space of opportunity for the expansion of agricultural extractivism (banana and plantain) and technology transfer, and at the same time, due to its environmental richness, has been a laboratory for international conservation. We will demonstrate, through critical ethnography, how in this territory, extractive activities have been diversifying around cocoa cultivation, introducing new forms of extraction such as the appropriation of local knowledge, the introduction of new productive strategies and the modification of genetic material. The aim is to transform the indigenous mode of cocoa production to make it more resistant and competitive, and to integrate it into the logic of the market.

Keywords : borders; extractivism; monoculture; cocoa; Costa Rica.

        · abstract in Spanish | French     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )