Imagining Plural Territories of Life: A Feminist Reading of Resistance in the Socio-Territorial Movements in Ecuador

Authors

Diana Vela-Almeida, Universidad San Francisco de Quito y Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Sofia Zaragocin, "Colectivo de Geografía Crítica del Ecuador" y "Universidad San Francisco de Quito"Follow
Manuel Bayón, "Colectivo de Geografía Crítica del Ecuador" y "Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales - Ecuador"Follow
Iñigo Arrazola, "Colectivo de Geografía Crítica del Ecuador" y "Universidad Federal de Bahía"Follow
Liz Mason-DeeseFollow

Abstract / Resumen / Resumo

Abstract:As the Critical Geography Collective of Ecuador, we have collaborated with socio-territorial movements in struggles for their territories. Based on our work in four communities in Ecuador, this article aims to expand the conceptualization of new forms of resistance developed by movements in processes of reterritorialization. These forms of resistance challenge not only processes of capitalist accumulation, but also patriarchal, racist, and colonial dynamics. From the perspective of Latin American feminist geography, we discuss the potential of socio-territorial movements to recreate meanings of territory based on intersectional and multiscalar understandings of their struggles in the construction of plural territories of life.

Recommended Citation

Vela-Almeida, Diana; Zaragocin, Sofia; Bayón, Manuel; Arrazola, Iñigo; and Mason-Deese, Liz (2020) "Imagining Plural Territories of Life: A Feminist Reading of Resistance in the Socio-Territorial Movements in Ecuador," Journal of Latin American Geography 19(2): 265-287.
DOI: 10.1353/lag.2020.0041
Available at: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/751972