Please join us on May 29th for a talk by Ecuadorian researcher and activist Kati Alvarez, sponsored by the Social Cartographies of Latin America Working Group (SOCA).
Date: Thursday May 29, 2014, 12 to 2 pm.
Where: Saunders Hall, Geography Conference Room, 320
Engaging communities in Ecuador's zones of oil extraction: a matter of public or private intervention?
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Communities in Ecuador's areas of development face an overlap between State and private
sector social interventions. State responsibilities and activities aimed at redistribution,
sustainability and local development have been institutionalized through legal and
administrative means under the policy of Buen Vivir; while private enterprises, particularly
those in the hydrocarbon sector, have been involved for over four decades in projects for
community development under the banner of social responsibility. Based on extensive
fieldwork among communities in the Yasuní, this talk analyses the consequences of this
overlap, considering: the differing conceptions of 'Buen Vivir' and 'development' between the
national government, petroleum companies and indigenous communities in Yasuní; the role of
communities in State- and private sector-led elaboration of programs and projects; the
meanings of 'redistribution' and 'sustainable use' of economic resources obtained through oil
extraction. This discussion will be followed by a critical analysis of the consequences of public
and private engagements in the political-administrative management of communities settled in
the Yasuní National Park, considering the Ecuadorian State's historically marginal presence and
the increasing social and spatial control on the part of private companies.
Lunch will be served, but please RSVP (elober@live.unc.edu or valdivia@email.unc.edu) so we
can plan accordingly!
Gabriela Valdivia
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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