Abstract

VALENCIA, Rita. Devastated territories, entangled absences and the capitalization of the end of life. LiminaR [online]. 2022, vol.20, n.2, e927.  Epub Nov 18, 2022. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.29043/liminar.v20i2.927.

This article seeks to enrich the analysis and language surrounding the current devastation of life and territories, based on examples in southern Mexico and Colombia. The objective is to produce a conceptualization that reveals that the absence of people, cultures, ways of life, relationships, kinships, but also of animals, plants, and their memories are ultimately a fundamental part of the establishment of these territories of devastation that we inhabit. This web of absences seeks to break the tapestry of life rooted in the land in order to consolidate a world of owners and fences. Simultaneously, Green Capitalism is a false alternative that reinforces bioprospecting, hyper-concentration of land, and the disappearance of alternative forms of problem solving through philanthropy.

Keywords : territory; land concentration; devastation; dispossession; rootedness; colonial/modernity; tapestry of life; green capitalism.

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