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10.4000/corpusarchivos.2271

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Weaving of the future: Political participation of Mapuu women in the Neuquén territorial conflict (1995-2015)

Abstract

In the 1990s Latin America was the scene of the emergence and (re-) emergence of various indigenous movements that managed to be clearly presented as new political actors. This important process has highlighted the reality that indigenous women experience as a result of the oppression they suffer from the intersection of gender, ethnicity and class. Mapuuce women have not been the exception, so in this thesis we look at their reality, demands and struggles in order to analyse their political involvement at different times of conflict in the Norpatagonian province of Neuquén; and the impact that such participation has had on the social and gender order of Mapuu. To this end, we intend to take account of the process of socio-community transformation that took place within the original communities and organisations (above or Community macro), based on the participation of women in various areas of negotiation and resistance. This is why we are looking for the strategies that women have embarked on in violent contexts of accumulation due to dispossession and stripping. Our analysis proposal seeks to draw attention to the historical continuities that continue to exist from the bad so-called ‘Conquista del Desierto’ in the 19th century to the present day, without losing sight of the long extractivist memory that characterises these territories in South Africa. We therefore begin with a general and historical description of the Mapuce village/Nation in Pwelmapu, especially in Neuquén. We then stop ourselves in the context that gave rise to the most emblematic conflict in recent decades: Pulmarí. Our view is that since then, and in the fight against oppression caused by intersections between gender, ethnicity and classness, the Mapuce has become strategic players in Neuquén province. This is why we intend to think about and address the participation of Mapuu women in contemporary conflicts, mountain tourist areas and territories affected by the exploitation of unconventional oil and gas fields. Finally, it should be noted that during this investigation we apply a qualitative methodological strategy and make use of the ethnographic method. In our view, knowing these other realities and struggles, from political science and with input from gender studies, is an interesting and necessary – theoretical – contribution to our disciplinary field.

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