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Whose Development? How Women Living Near the Yanacocha Mine, Peru, Envision Potential Futures
Author(s) -
Boudewijn Inge A. M.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.13127
Subject(s) - futures contract , natural resource , narrative , agency (philosophy) , sustainable development , political science , economic growth , sociology , social science , business , law , economics , linguistics , philosophy , finance
Among women opposing expansion of mining operations in Cajamarca, Peru, narratives of preferred alternatives diverge: from sustainable mining to alternative economic development, to more radical alternatives to ‘development’. In these accounts, both the women's relative powerlessness and agency become apparent. This article critically explores women's views of development and their imaginings of their region with or without mining. I argue that those who opposed mining show a continuing engagement with questions of development in the aftermath of conflict over natural resource extraction, highlighting a common thread of desires for bottom‐up initiatives embracing local knowledge, practice and history.