Moreno-Tabarez, Ulises 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3504-8624
(2020)
Towards Afro-Indigenous ecopolitics: addressing ecological devastation in Costa Chica.
City, 24 (1-2).
pp. 22-34.
ISSN 1360-4813
Abstract
Costa Chica is home to the largest Afromexican population in Mexico most of whom are of Afro-Indigenous descent. In 2019, Afromexicans gained official state recognition as collective ethnic minority subjects which opens up new political potentialities for organising strategies. This article examines the development of Afro-Indigenous politics in response to the ecological devastation that Costa Chica of Guerrero is experiencing as a consequence of climate change. I contextualise this research project in my personal experiences researching family histories and coming into a sense of Afro-Indigenous subjectivity. A brief overview of the historical human-nature relations influenced by slavery and colonialism helps to contextualise the socio-political and ecological situation in the region. Finally, I draw from my ethnographic work to suggest various ways in which Afro-Indigenous organisers can mobilise the new political category to address environmental concerns. In the conclusion, I return to my own personal experiences with trying to understand Afro-Indigenous politics arguing that while connections need to be made with other geographic experiences of Blackness, Indigeneity, and Afro-Indigeneity, one must stay attuned to the geographic particularities that shape subjectivity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences J Political Science |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2022 15:51 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Sep 2024 16:45 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/116588 |
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