Between the Water of the Sea and the Colloquial Water of a Gentle River: A Cross-disciplinary Navigation of Afro-Ecuadorian Land Use Narratives in Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
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Balakoff, Max
Date Issued
April 18, 2013
Abstract
In Ecuador, the ongoing national discourse declares that it is a multicultural country that respects the rights of the natural world. Although representation of indigenous cultures in this discourse is evident, representation of Afro-Ecuadorian vision remains largely out of view. This work explores the Afro-Ecuadorian identity, the history of land use in the Afro-Ecuadorian region of Esmeraldas Province, and the vision of land use as is expressed in two Afro-Ecuadorian novels, Juyungo by Adalberto Ortiz and When the Guayacans were in Bloom by Nelson Estupiñán Bass. This work has concluded that decisions regarding land use in Esmeraldas Province need to be more intentionally renegotiated between the Afro-Ecuadorian community of Esmeraldas and external actors through bilateral relations rather than oppressive or paternalistic ones.
First Reader(s)
Neff, Mark
Other Reader(s)
Hernández, Wilfredo J.
Department
Environmental Science
Modern Languages
Type of Publication
Senior Project Paper
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