The Chilean wheat bowl : An historical political ecology of the construction of a landscape of power in Wallmapu (Araucanía); El Granero de Chile : Una ecología política histórica de la construcción de un paisaje de poder en Wallmapu (Araucanía)1
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ESCALONA ULLOA, MIGUEL ANTONIO
Escalona-Ulloa, Miguel
Barton, Jonathan Richard
Escalona-Ulloa, Miguel
Barton, Jonathan Richard
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10.4067/S0718-34022021000300081
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Historical Political Ecology - Landscape Of Power - The Chilean Wheat Bowl - Wa-llmapu (araucanía) - Hegemony - Historical Perspective - Landscape - Wheat - Araucania - Chile
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Abstract
The landscape of power of the Chilean wheat bowl that emerged during the nineteenth century was presented as a symbol of progress for Wallmapu (Araucanía). The Chilean state, supported by agrarian, political and intellectual elites enabled the extraction of natural resources which led to the construction of a new Chilean wheat bowl landscape of power, installed on the old Mapuche frontier. This article deconstructs and interprets historical sources within a framework based on historical political ecology and landscapes of power. It traces the hegemonic imposition of this landscape via devices that ensured coercion or enabled consent, with a view to imposing a particular landscape in this territory. The conclusions point to the importance of historical context for explaining contemporary socio-ecological configurations of landcapes, since this context reveals the influence of power relations and political, economic and cultural factors in the social construction of territories, and the elimination of other landscapes. © 2023 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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Historical Political Ecology , Landscape Of Power , The Chilean Wheat Bowl , Wa-llmapu (araucanía) , Hegemony , Historical Perspective , Landscape , Wheat , Araucania , Chile
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10.4067/S0718-34022021000300081