Subtopic Deep Dive
Extractivism and Environmental Conflicts
Research Guide
What is Extractivism and Environmental Conflicts?
Extractivism and Environmental Conflicts examines disputes from resource extraction activities impacting ecosystems, indigenous lands, and local communities in Latin America.
This subtopic analyzes socio-environmental conflicts driven by mining and hydrocarbon extraction. Key works include Svampa (2019) on neo-extractivism and territorial turns (117 citations) and Svampa (2012) on Latin American development alternatives (135 citations). Over 10 papers from 2012-2024 highlight securitization and justice movements.
Why It Matters
These conflicts drive environmental degradation in sacrifice zones, as analyzed by Panez Pinto et al. (2023). Svampa (2019) shows how neo-extractivism fuels indigenous resistance and policy shifts in Latin America. Zárate Rueda et al. (2023) link formalization failures to rural economic tensions, informing just transition strategies amid global commodity booms.
Key Research Challenges
Quantifying Conflict Impacts
Measuring ecological damage from extraction remains difficult due to data gaps in remote areas. Domínguez Martín (2020) notes inconsistent metrics across studies. Andreucci (2016) highlights state regulation failures in Bolivia complicating assessments.
Indigenous Territory Securitization
Corporate and state strategies securitize lands, escalating violence against communities. Azerrat (2021) details Barrick Gold's power tactics in Argentina. Baud et al. (2019) describe Andean territorial transformations under developmentalism.
Neo-Extractivism Formalization Barriers
Artisanal mining resists formalization amid neo-extractivist policies. Zárate Rueda et al. (2023) analyze Colombian moorland cases with 5 citations. Ellner (2021) critiques resource nationalism's dual effects on resistance.
Essential Papers
Resource Extractivism and Alternatives: Latin American Perspectives on Development
Maristella Svampa · 2012 · Journal für Entwicklungspolitik · 135 citations
MARISTELLA SVAMPAResource Extractivism and Alternatives: Latin American Perspectives on Development 1 "Even when these nations try to break free from their colonial heritage, that is, their depende...
Neo-extractivism in Latin America: Socio-environmental Conflicts, the Territorial Turn, and New Political Narratives
Maristella Svampa · 2019 · Memoria Académica (Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de La Plata) · 117 citations
This Element analyses the political dynamics of neo-extractivism in Latin America. It discusses the critical concepts of neo-extractivism and the commodity consensus and the various phases of socio...
El extractivismo y sus despliegues conceptuales
Rafael Domínguez Martín · 2020 · RTR Revista Territorios y Regionalismos · 12 citations
RESUMEN. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el despliegue y contenido conceptual del extractivismo desde su origen como modo de apropiación de los recursos naturales, estrategia de desarrollo ...
Presentación. Nuevos capitalismos y transformaciones territoriales en la región andina
Michiel Baud, Rutgerd Boelens, Gerardo Damonte · 2019 · Estudios Atacameños Arqueología y antropología surandinas · 9 citations
This presentation introduces a special issue that analyzes the new territorial configurations taking shape in the Andean region under the developmentalist governments of the 21st century. The new t...
Neo-Extractivism and Formalization of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining—The Case of the Santurbán Moorland (Colombia)
Ruth Zárate Rueda, Yolima Ivonne Beltrán Villamizar, Luís Eduardo Becerra Ardila · 2023 · Sustainability · 5 citations
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the negative impact of neo-extractivism to boost the mining industry and the components that prevent the formalization of ASM as a model of rural economic de...
Las estrategias del poder empresarial minero en las provincias argentinas: el caso de la Barrick Gold en San Juan (2002-2018)
Juan Martín Azerrat · 2021 · REVISTA SAAP · 2 citations
This paper analyzes, from the literature on business power of political economy, the relationship between the transnational Barrick Gold Corporation and the policies to promote mega-mining in San J...
Governing extraction. Regulation, the state and social struggles over minerals and hydrocarbons in Bolivia
Diego Andreucci · 2016 · Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) · 1 citations
La estrategia de acumulación ‘primario-exportadora’ tradicionalmente adoptada en América Latina tiene consecuencias político-económicas y socio-ambientales problemáticas. En Bolivia, desde 2006, el...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with Svampa (2012, 135 citations) for core extractivism critiques and Latin American perspectives on development alternatives.
Recent Advances
Study Zárate Rueda et al. (2023) on Colombian neo-extractivism and Panez Pinto et al. (2023) on Chilean sacrifice zones.
Core Methods
Core techniques: political economy of business power (Azerrat 2021), eco-territorial turns (Svampa 2019), and state regulation analysis (Andreucci 2016).
How PapersFlow Helps You Research Extractivism and Environmental Conflicts
Discover & Search
Research Agent uses searchPapers and exaSearch to find Svampa (2019) on neo-extractivism conflicts, then citationGraph reveals 117 citing works on territorial turns, and findSimilarPapers uncovers Zárate Rueda et al. (2023) for Colombian cases.
Analyze & Verify
Analysis Agent applies readPaperContent to extract conflict data from Andreucci (2016), verifies claims with CoVe against Svampa (2012), and runs PythonAnalysis with pandas to map citation networks or GRADE evidence on environmental impacts.
Synthesize & Write
Synthesis Agent detects gaps in neo-extractivism narratives between Svampa (2019) and Panez Pinto (2023), flags contradictions in state policies; Writing Agent uses latexEditText, latexSyncCitations for Barrick Gold case (Azerrat 2021), and latexCompile for reports with exportMermaid diagrams of conflict dynamics.
Use Cases
"Analyze environmental impact data from neo-extractivism papers using stats."
Research Agent → searchPapers (Svampa 2019) → Analysis Agent → readPaperContent + runPythonAnalysis (pandas/matplotlib for conflict trend plots) → researcher gets CSV export of quantified ecosystem damages.
"Draft LaTeX review on Andean mining conflicts."
Synthesis Agent → gap detection (Baud et al. 2019) → Writing Agent → latexEditText + latexSyncCitations (Domínguez Martín 2020) + latexCompile → researcher gets compiled PDF with cited territorial maps.
"Find code for modeling extractivism conflicts."
Research Agent → paperExtractUrls (Zárate Rueda 2023) → Code Discovery → paperFindGithubRepo + githubRepoInspect → researcher gets repo links to ASM formalization simulations.
Automated Workflows
Deep Research workflow scans 50+ papers like Svampa (2012-2019) for systematic review of Latin American conflicts, outputting structured reports with GRADE scores. DeepScan applies 7-step analysis with CoVe checkpoints to verify Azerrat (2021) corporate strategies. Theorizer generates theories on eco-territorial turns from Baud et al. (2019).
Frequently Asked Questions
What defines Extractivism and Environmental Conflicts?
It covers disputes from mining impacting ecosystems and indigenous territories, as in Svampa (2019) neo-extractivism analysis.
What methods analyze these conflicts?
Methods include political economy (Azerrat 2021 on business power) and territorial analysis (Baud et al. 2019 on Andean changes).
What are key papers?
Svampa (2012, 135 citations) on alternatives; Svampa (2019, 117 citations) on socio-environmental phases; Zárate Rueda et al. (2023) on Colombian mining.
What open problems exist?
Challenges include formalization barriers (Zárate Rueda 2023) and sacrifice zone recovery failures (Panez Pinto 2023).
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