Uspallata : ecos sociales de la megaminería en un valle andino
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2012-12
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Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Centro de Estudios Sobre Diversidad Cultural.
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Mendoza es una provincia argentina que se ha posicionado fuertemente en el escenario de la
creciente conflictividad en torno a la megaminería.
Este trabajo pretende dar cuenta de la pluralidad de posicionamientos y cuestionamientos
generados en Mendoza y, específicamente, en la localidad de Uspallata, a partir de la potencial
instalación del primer proyecto metalífero a cielo abierto: San Jorge. Para ello, se describe el
devenir del conflicto, su fuerte interacción con una institucionalidad amparada en la prolífera
legislación ambiental provincial, y se analizan los testimonios plasmados en la audiencia pública
del proyecto, por ser el espacio de apertura a la participación social dentro del procedimiento
de evaluación ambiental de la actividad minera. Este análisis se complementa con el
seguimiento de otras manifestaciones sociales que San Jorge ha generado, la revisión del
expediente del proyecto y entrevistas a pobladores de Uspallata y a otros actores clave del
conflicto.
Rescatar la diversidad de miradas y cuestionamientos que giran en torno a estos conflictos,
superando la falsa dicotomía SI-NO a la megaminería, es imprescindible para avanzar hacia un
debate necesario y fundamentado sobre esta problemática.
Mendoza is an Argentine province that has been successful in achieving a strong position within the context of the increasing mega mining conflict. The purpose of this paper is to show the diversity of opinions and objections raised in Mendoza, and particularly in the community of Uspallata, due to the possible installation of the first open-pit metallic mining project: San Jorge. For this purpose, we describe the evolution of the conflict and its strong interaction with institutions protected by the province’s prolific environmental legislation, and analyze the statements recorded in the public hearing of the project, for this is a space open to social participation within the process of assessing the environmental impact of mining. This analysis is complemented with the follow up of other social expressions generated by San Jorge, project records reviews and interviews with Uspallata residents and other key players in the conflict. Accepting the diversity of opinions and objections around these conflicts, overcoming the false FOR or AGAINST mega mining dichotomy, is essential for moving towards a much needed and well-founded debate about this issue.”
Mendoza is an Argentine province that has been successful in achieving a strong position within the context of the increasing mega mining conflict. The purpose of this paper is to show the diversity of opinions and objections raised in Mendoza, and particularly in the community of Uspallata, due to the possible installation of the first open-pit metallic mining project: San Jorge. For this purpose, we describe the evolution of the conflict and its strong interaction with institutions protected by the province’s prolific environmental legislation, and analyze the statements recorded in the public hearing of the project, for this is a space open to social participation within the process of assessing the environmental impact of mining. This analysis is complemented with the follow up of other social expressions generated by San Jorge, project records reviews and interviews with Uspallata residents and other key players in the conflict. Accepting the diversity of opinions and objections around these conflicts, overcoming the false FOR or AGAINST mega mining dichotomy, is essential for moving towards a much needed and well-founded debate about this issue.”
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Megaminería, San Jorge, Audiencia pública, Mendoza, Uspallata, Mega mining, Public hearing