Violence and subjectivities in the conflict over the Bií-Hioxo wind farm
Keywords:
violence, repertories, subjectivities, conflict, eolian parksAbstract
The paper offers an interpretative analysis of violent repertories of resistance and repression lived by in the Asamblea Popular del Pueblo Juchiteco (APPJ) in the conflict trajectory for Bií-Hioxo eolian park in Juchitán de Zaragoza, Tehuantepec Isthmus, Oaxaca, in the period 2013-2014. Arguing the necessary reconstruction of the sociohistorical framework for a comprehensive approach to violent repertories in contemporary Mexico, given its importance to define the layers of social meanings within a political regimen, updated in the light of emerging and belligerent political subjectivities are resignified.
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