Abstract

LEDESMA DOMINGUEZ, Fermín. Struggles over nature and territory: A reading from Zoque relational ontology. LiminaR [online]. 2022, vol.20, n.2, e924.  Epub Nov 18, 2022. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.29043/liminar.v20i2.924.

Based on the field of relational ontology, this article discusses how the mobilization of the Zoque people of northern Chiapas evokes the production of stories of supernatural beings who struggle against the 2.2 oil round and other extractive projects, to reveal unique ways of understanding and relating to nature in a location where the government is poised to implement hydroelectric, oil, mining, and geothermal projects in Mexico. We discuss ethnographic studies that reveal the symbolic forms elicited during socio-environmental struggles over territory and nature in the current context of the global environmental crisis.

Keywords : Zoques; extractivism; environmental crisis; territory; nature conservation.

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