Mining and Energy - Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America V - (Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis: Perspectives from Latin America) (Paperback)

About the Book

Highlighting the genealogy of the Anthropocene in Latin America: uncovering the struggles of Latin American societies with mining and extractive processes pertaining to energy production over the long term, from colonial contact to the Great Acceleration.

Book Synopsis

How do socio-environmental conflicts and entanglements relate to small and large-scale mining and energy projects? Volume V of the "Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America" focuses on mining and energy in the main macro-regions of Latin America (Southern Cone, Andes, Amazon, Mesoamerica and Caribbean) from the colonial regime to the contemporary era of the Anthropocene. The contributors to this volume show how Latin American societies have understood and framed extractive processes culturally and politically in different regions at different times and how these localized processes and conflicts were entangled with global economic developments and flows.

About the Author

Eleonora Rohland (Edited by)
Eleonora Rohland ist Professorin für Verflechtungsgeschichte der Amerikas in der Vormoderne an der Universität Bielefeld und Direktorin des dortigen Center for InterAmerican Studies (CIAS). Ihre Forschung verbindet die Umwelt- und Klimageschichte mit der interamerikanischen Verflechtungsgeschichte. Sie ist Teilprojektleiterin im Bielefelder SFB 1288 »Praktiken des Vergleichens: Die Welt ordnen und verändern« sowie Co-Koordinatorin der Forschungsgruppe »Coping with Environmental Crises« am Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) in Guadalajara (Mexiko).

Cecilia Ibarra (Edited by)
Cecilia Ibarra is assistant professor at the Faculty of Government of University of Chile, and associate researcher at the Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR2). An industrial engineer originally specializing in technology and innovation management, she later received a doctorate in science and technology policy studies from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. She is currently engaged in research on processes of technological change and governance and, specifically, on themes related to climate change from a historical focus.

Helge Wendt (Edited by)
Helge Wendt (Dr. habil.) erforscht die globale Stoff- und Wissensgeschichte der Kohle. Er ist Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Er promovierte an der Universität Mannheim und habilitierte an der Freien Universität Berlin.