Undoing disaster colonialism: a pilot map of the pandemic's first wave in the Mapuche territories of Southern Chile

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dc.contributor.authorCarraro, Valentina
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorLuis Vargas, Jose
dc.contributor.authorMelillanca, Patricio
dc.contributor.authorMiguel Valdes-Negroni, Jose
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T22:01:35Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T22:01:35Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractPurpose The authors use media research and crowdsourced mapping to document how the first wave of the pandemic (April-August 2020) affected the Mapuche, focussing on seven categories of events: territorial control, spiritual defence, food sovereignty, traditional health practices, political violence, territorial needs and solidarity, and extractivist expansion. Design/methodology/approach Research on the effects of the pandemic on the Mapuche and their territories is lacking; the few existing studies focus on death and infection rates but overlook how the pandemic interacts with ongoing processes of extractivism, state violence and community resistance. The authors' pilot study addresses this gap through a map developed collaboratively by disaster scholars and Mapuche journalists. Findings The map provides a spatial and chronological overview of this period, highlighting the interconnections between the pandemic and neocolonialism. As examples, the authors focus on two phenomena: the creation of "health barriers" to ensure local territorial control and the state-supported expansion of extractive industries during the first months of the lockdown. Research limitations/implications The authors intersperse our account of the project with reflections on its limitations and, specifically, on how colonial formations shape the research. Decolonising disaster studies and disaster risk reduction practice, the authors argue, is an ongoing process, bound to be flawed and incomplete but nevertheless an urgent pursuit. Originality/value In making this argument, the paper responds to the Disaster Studies Manifesto that inspires this special issue, taking up its invitation to scholars to be more reflexive about their research practice and to frame their investigations through grounded perspectives.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/DPM-03-2021-0106
dc.identifier.eissn1758-6100
dc.identifier.issn0965-3562
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-03-2021-0106
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/93854
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000720903900001
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final78
dc.pagina.inicio68
dc.revistaDisaster prevention and management
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectColonialism
dc.subjectndigenous people
dc.subjectMapping
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectDisaster studies
dc.subjectMapuche
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.ods02 Zero Hunger
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.subject.odspa02 Hambre cero
dc.titleUndoing disaster colonialism: a pilot map of the pandemic's first wave in the Mapuche territories of Southern Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen31
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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