Abstract

MONTES LEDESMA, María Camila; MUNOZ LEGARDA, Carolina; BALVIN FERNANDEZ, Cintia  and  VELASQUEZ VELASQUEZ, Ángela María. Socio-cultural dynamics and economic alternatives of women in a context of extractivist mining economy. Investig. desarro. [online]. 2023, vol.31, n.1, pp.88-117.  Epub Oct 31, 2023. ISSN 0121-3261.  https://doi.org/10.14482/indes.31.01.154.827.

This article describes the socio-cultural dynamics present in the village of Puerto Claver, municipality of El Bagre, Antioquia, as a result of the mining economic context. The phenomenological approach allowed an approach to the social realities from the daily life of the people, their life experiences and stories. One result is that the practice of gold mining, rooted in the township as the main economic alternative, generates uprooting compared to other forms of survival, such as harvesting and planting food and medicinal plants, fishing and beekeeping. As economic and productive practices are transformed, as well as the relationship with the environment, social relations, pre-existing socio-cultural dynamics and the social and community fabric also change. In this context, women's associations have a significant role to play in re-signifying and energizing alternative economic processes to mining practices, through which they can transform social and community relations.

Keywords : extractivism; social conflict; women's association; modernizing global practices; economic alternatives.

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