Socio-political effects of the Urra I hydroelectric construction in the Embera Catio Indigenous community (Colombia)

Socio-political effects of the Urra I hydroelectric construction in the Embera Catio Indigenous community (Colombia)

The Embera Catio people live in the Nudo de Paramillo (High Sinu River, Western Mountain Chain at Colombian Andes) since ancient times. Despite the circumstances that have surrounded them, they retain part of their culture and have sought to keep their forms of government and social relationships that govern life in community. However, the construction of the Urra I hydroelectric encountered the Embera Catio with the deterioration of a significant part of their territory, losing sacred sites and lands for cultivation, as well as the emergence of social conflicts they were previously unaware of. This situation forced the Indigenous group to change its social and organizational behavior, and to adapt to new environmental conditions. This work shows a parallel between before and after the construction of the Urra I hydroelectric and subsequent effects on social and political organization brought by the river damming.

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Main Authors: Morales-Ruiz, Madelaide, Pachón-Ariza, Fabio Alberto
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Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Bogotá - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias 2010
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spelling oai:www.revistas.unal.edu.co:article-144192019-05-21T14:17:52Z Socio-political effects of the Urra I hydroelectric construction in the Embera Catio Indigenous community (Colombia) Efectos sociopolíticos de la construcción de la hidroeléctrica Urrá I en la comunidad indígena embera catío Morales-Ruiz, Madelaide Pachón-Ariza, Fabio Alberto pueblos indígenas generación energía eléctrica características sociales y políticas indigenous peoples electric power generation social and political characteristics The Embera Catio people live in the Nudo de Paramillo (High Sinu River, Western Mountain Chain at Colombian Andes) since ancient times. Despite the circumstances that have surrounded them, they retain part of their culture and have sought to keep their forms of government and social relationships that govern life in community. However, the construction of the Urra I hydroelectric encountered the Embera Catio with the deterioration of a significant part of their territory, losing sacred sites and lands for cultivation, as well as the emergence of social conflicts they were previously unaware of. This situation forced the Indigenous group to change its social and organizational behavior, and to adapt to new environmental conditions. This work shows a parallel between before and after the construction of the Urra I hydroelectric and subsequent effects on social and political organization brought by the river damming. El pueblo embera catío del Alto Sinú habita en el Nudo de Paramillo (curso alto del río Sinú en la cordillera Occidental de los Andes colombianos) desde tiempos ancestrales. Pese a las circunstancias que los han rodeado, conservan parte de su cultura y han procurado mantener sus formas de gobierno y las relaciones sociales que rigen la vida en comunidad. No obstante, la construcción de la hidroeléctrica Urrá I, enfrentó al pueblo embera catío al deterioro de una parte importante de su territorio, perdiendo lugares sagrados y tierras para cultivo, así como al surgimiento de conflictos sociales que anteriormente desconocían. Esta situación obligó a este grupo indígena a modificar sus costumbres sociales y organizativas, y a adaptarse a las nuevas condiciones del medio. Este trabajo muestra un paralelo entre el antes y el después de la construcción de la hidroeléctrica Urrá I y los efectos posteriores que sobre la organización social y política, trajo el represamiento del río. Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Bogotá - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias 2010-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/agrocol/article/view/14419 Agronomía Colombiana; Vol. 28 No. 3 (2010); 553-558 Agronomía Colombiana; Vol. 28 Núm. 3 (2010); 553-558 Agronomía Colombiana; v. 28 n. 3 (2010); 553-558 2357-3732 0120-9965 spa https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/agrocol/article/view/14419/28968 https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/agrocol/article/view/14419/37545 Copyright (c) 2010 Agronomía Colombiana https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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Socio-political effects of the Urra I hydroelectric construction in the Embera Catio Indigenous community (Colombia)
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title Socio-political effects of the Urra I hydroelectric construction in the Embera Catio Indigenous community (Colombia)
title_short Socio-political effects of the Urra I hydroelectric construction in the Embera Catio Indigenous community (Colombia)
title_full Socio-political effects of the Urra I hydroelectric construction in the Embera Catio Indigenous community (Colombia)
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description The Embera Catio people live in the Nudo de Paramillo (High Sinu River, Western Mountain Chain at Colombian Andes) since ancient times. Despite the circumstances that have surrounded them, they retain part of their culture and have sought to keep their forms of government and social relationships that govern life in community. However, the construction of the Urra I hydroelectric encountered the Embera Catio with the deterioration of a significant part of their territory, losing sacred sites and lands for cultivation, as well as the emergence of social conflicts they were previously unaware of. This situation forced the Indigenous group to change its social and organizational behavior, and to adapt to new environmental conditions. This work shows a parallel between before and after the construction of the Urra I hydroelectric and subsequent effects on social and political organization brought by the river damming.
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