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Cuerpos, territorio y procesos de resistencia comunitarias rurales: Análisis de caso de las mujeres de la organización “Comunidades Ancestrales de San Joaquín” frente al proyecto hidroeléctrico Soldados-Yanuncay
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2023-06-07Autor
Guichay Álvarez, María José
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Resumen
This research focuses on analyzing how rural women from the "Comunidades Ancestrales de San
Joaquín" organization construct community resistance against the Soldados-Yanuncay
hydroelectric project located in the province of Azuay, Ecuador. The study uses an intersectional
approach, which recognizes rural women as epistemological subjects, to explore their
subjectivities, their participation in the organization, and their agency in community resistance
through a mixed research design that combines case study and grounded theory. The techniques
used to obtain qualitative data were open, semi-structured, and group interviews; participant
observation; and memory encounters, framed within participatory action research methodologies.
Regarding the findings, the relevance of rural women in community resistance processes has
been theorized, not only to deepen the analyzed socio-environmental conflict but also to
understand the influence of their subjectivities, including emotional, experiential, identity, and
critical reflection aspects, for action and agency. This knowledge can have a significant impact on
knowledge production, as it would contribute to future research that integrates a gender
perspective in the analysis of social movements linked to infrastructure projects in rural
environments promoted by the State.