Worlding hydropower: river realities in the Chilean Patagonia*

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dc.contributor.authorHernando-Arrese, Maite
dc.contributor.authorTironi, Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T21:19:49Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T21:19:49Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractBased on the case of HidroAysen, in this paper we discuss the different modes of existence of a hydroelectric project. Inspired by an ontological sensibility and the idea of worlding, we sustain that hydroelectric energy is embedded in, and is the source of, multiple worlds where different ontologies of water and energy meet, not always peacefully. Drawing on in-depth interviews and documentary sources, we identify three worlds or realities - yet not entirely autonomous - in which the HidroAysen project exists: the National Hydropower World, the Market Hydropower World, and the Sustainable Hydropower World. We argue that these three realities, through different ecologies, knowledge, and narratives, execute different parameters of reality and objectivity. Our final argument is that an ontological approach to analyze hydropower development and the conflicts that it has spurred can stimulate new ways of thinking about taken-for-granted assumptions, categories, and practices regarding the way hydropower is or might be produced.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/25729861.2019.1675955
dc.identifier.eissn2572-9861
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2019.1675955
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/101193
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001050076900021
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final309
dc.pagina.inicio295
dc.revistaTapuya-latin american science technology and society
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectHydropower
dc.subjectontologies
dc.subjectenergy conflicts
dc.subjectHidroAysen
dc.subjectPatagonia
dc.titleWorlding hydropower: river realities in the Chilean Patagonia*
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen2
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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