States and Spaces of Exception in a Colombian Caribbean Borderland
Keywords:
Wayúu, colonialism, borderlands, state of emergency, politics of identity.
Abstract
The Wayúu indigenous peoples inhabit the Guajira Peninsula on the Colombian- Venezuelan border. In the last two decades, they have suffered severe situations of violence and the advancement of mining in their traditional territory by transnational companies. In recent years, the Wayúu also live a severe humanitarian crisis due to lack of access to drinking water and food. In this paper I affirm that the notions of state of emergency and exceptionality are relevant to analyze power apparatus in the borderlands and the conditions under which individual and collective life are (or not) possible. Second, I analyze the links between otherness and power apparatus showing the links between neoliberalism and multiculturalism. Finally, I argument why a spatial perspective enables a positioning that can outline some responses to states of emergency in which life itself is uncertain.Downloads
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Published
2016-11-07
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Salamanca Villamizar C. A. (2016). States and Spaces of Exception in a Colombian Caribbean Borderland. Geopolítica(s). Revista de estudios sobre espacio y poder, 7(2), 227-250. https://doi.org/10.5209/GEOP.52234
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