Relating Divergent Worlds: Mines, Aquifers and Sacred Mountains in Peru

This article examines a conflict over the expansion, into Cerro Quilish (Mount Quilish), of the Yanacocha gold mine, in Northern Peru. In campaigns against the mine, Cerro Quilish was an aquifer (a store of life-sustaining water) and an Apu (usually translated from Quechua as "sacred mountain&q...

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Veröffentlicht in:Anthropologica. - University of Toronto Press. - 55(2013), 2, Seite 399-411
1. Verfasser: Li, Fabiana (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Anthropologica
Schlagworte:Business Political science Physical sciences Environmental studies Applied sciences Behavioral sciences