Jessica Hope, Postgraduate Researcher
Institute of Development, Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Manchester
Joint presentation with the Institute of Latin American Studies
Thursday 25 September at 18:00 for 18:30
The building of a new highway, planned to cut through the Isiboro Secure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS), in lowland Bolivia, has tested the limits of the new MAS state and their plans for extraction, indigenous rights and conservation. The dispute is testing Bolivia’s new constitution, commitments to buen vivir (living well) and its environmentalist stance. More widely, it raises questions about post-neoliberalism, the power of extractive industry, and the role of conservation in this politics. This talk is based on data gathered in nine months of fieldwork, primarily interviewing those opposing the road. In her talk, Jessica Hope will explore how those resisting the road are mobilising their indigenous identity to control the rate and pace of development in the park.
The Anglo-Bolivian Society 