¿Cuándo se acaba un conflicto socioambiental?: sobre las temporalidades, emociones y luchas alrededor de las represas de El Quimbo e Hidroituango (Colombia).

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Title: ¿Cuándo se acaba un conflicto socioambiental?: sobre las temporalidades, emociones y luchas alrededor de las represas de El Quimbo e Hidroituango (Colombia). (Spanish).
Alternate Title: When does a socio-environmental conflict end? Temporalities, emotions, and fights around El Quimbo and Hidroituango reservoirs (Colombia). (English)
Authors: Pardo Castellanos, Nicolás Enrique, Rocha Otalora, Carol Milena
Source: Controversia (01204165). ene-jun2025, Issue 224, p2-40. 39p.
Subjects: POLITICAL ecology, SOCIAL space, HYDROELECTRIC power plants, PLANT ecology, ELECTRICAL energy
Abstract (English): many of the socio-environmental conflicts derived from the development process in Colombia lead us to think about the sociocultural transformations and interventions, in the infrastructures that emerge, and modern life. These structures, in this case of study, are the El Quimbo and Hidroituango reservoirs; which have not only contributed to the supply of electrical energy but also generated ecosystem and sociocultural affectations. Thus, this article seeks to explore the changes in forms of life, emotions, and resistance that arise because of these conflicts over time. Political ecology is used as a perspective for these issues To do so, we begin with a contextualization of the importance of water for energy production in Colombia and the tensions that arise with the affected territories, using the concepts of hydro-social territory and social production of space; then, making a brief historical-political contextualization from the 1920s to the 2010s; and finally, we cover the subjective dimensions of conflict, which explore practices, territorialities, temporalities, affects and resistances of the affected communities. Special emphasis should be placed on emotionality as an engine of struggle and resistance in social organizations that emerge from the dams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): muchos de los conflictos socioambientales derivados del proceso de desarrollo en Colombia llevan a pensar en las transformaciones e intervenciones socioculturales, las infraestructuras que surgen y la vida moderna. Dichas estructuras, en este caso de estudio, son los embalses de El Quimbo e Hidroituango, los cuales no solo han aportado al abastecimiento de energía eléctrica, sino han generado afectaciones ecosistémicas y socioculturales. Es así como este texto busca explorar los cambios en modos de vida, emociones y resistencias que surgen a raíz de dichos conflictos a través del tiempo. Se hace uso de la ecología política como perspectiva de análisis. Para ello, se parte de una contextualización sobre la importancia del agua en la producción energética en Colombia y las tensiones que surgen con los territorios afectados, utilizando los conceptos de territorio hidrosocial y la producción social del espacio. Luego, se desarrolla una breve contextualización histórico-política desde la década de 1920 hasta los 2010. Finalmente, abarcar las dimensiones subjetivas del conflicto, las cuales exploran las prácticas, territorialidades, temporalidades, afectos y resistencias de las comunidades afectadas, haciendo especial énfasis en la emocionalidad como motor de lucha y resistencia en las organizaciones sociales que surgen de las represas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:many of the socio-environmental conflicts derived from the development process in Colombia lead us to think about the sociocultural transformations and interventions, in the infrastructures that emerge, and modern life. These structures, in this case of study, are the El Quimbo and Hidroituango reservoirs; which have not only contributed to the supply of electrical energy but also generated ecosystem and sociocultural affectations. Thus, this article seeks to explore the changes in forms of life, emotions, and resistance that arise because of these conflicts over time. Political ecology is used as a perspective for these issues To do so, we begin with a contextualization of the importance of water for energy production in Colombia and the tensions that arise with the affected territories, using the concepts of hydro-social territory and social production of space; then, making a brief historical-political contextualization from the 1920s to the 2010s; and finally, we cover the subjective dimensions of conflict, which explore practices, territorialities, temporalities, affects and resistances of the affected communities. Special emphasis should be placed on emotionality as an engine of struggle and resistance in social organizations that emerge from the dams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:01204165
DOI:10.54118/controver.vi224.1355