Abstract

RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ, Antonio. Appropriation of Water and Hydrosocial Configuration in los Altos de Jalisco (1935-2017). Secuencia [online]. 2018, n.101, pp.167-199. ISSN 2395-8464.  https://doi.org/10.18234/secuencia.v0i101.1492.

This article examines the process of water appropriation in los Altos de Jalisco by actors such as institutions, landowners, peasants and agroindustrialists, among others, who for more than seventy years, have negotiated and imposed forms of hoarding. In order to identify these actors, interviews were conducted and archival documents consulted. Thus, it was found that the appropriation of water was implemented through power relations, which led to the configuration of a hydrosocial space characterized by access to water for some municipalities and the gradual marginalization of others, such as Cañadas de Obregón, Valle de Guadalupe and Jalostotitlán. The results therefore suggest that the conflicts over water control in the region are neither current nor spontaneous, but part of a historical process that involves national water management and the permanence of privileges in regional hegemonic groups.

Keywords : hydrosocial space; social actors; power relations; appropriation; water intensification and expansion.

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