Browsing by Author "Riquelme Maulén, Wladimir Esteban"

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    Dinámicas urbanas en territorio indígena: transformación en las formas de habitar mapuche en el lof Rengalil, Labranza (región de la Araucanía, Chile)
    (2022) Nuñez Marengo, Amapola Isabel; Riquelme Maulén, Wladimir Esteban; Salazar Preece, Gonzalo; Maturana, Francisco; Morales, Mauricio
    Las formas de habitar mapuche son diversas y heterogéneas, constituidas en parte por prácticas residenciales que integran el medio circundante, la naturaleza y los sitios de significación cultural. En la región de la Araucanía, al sur de Chile, se ha urbanizado sobre territorio indígena, lo que ha transformado las prácticas y movilidades de habitantes mapuche que actualmente intentan preservar sus modos de vida ancestrales enmarcados en luchas explícitas por el cuidado de la tierra y naturaleza. Este artículo demuestra que la urbanización acelerada del territorio ancestral indígena implica también transformaciones en las prácticas y acciones cotidianas espacializadas, y da cuenta de una arista escasamente estudiada de la geografía mapuche en entornos urbanos
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    The space-time compression on indigenous toponymy: the case of mapuche toponymy in Chilean Norpatagonia
    (TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 2022) Salazar Preece, Gonzalo; Riquelme Maulén, Wladimir Esteban
    The classic approach to research on toponymy is limited to a linguistic focus. This reductionism has had a negative impact on the study of the toponymy of intercultural and indigenous territories, as in the case of the northern Patagonia. Based on a two-year ethnographic study in northern Patagonia, this article analyzes the socio-spatial dimension of Mapuche toponymy, through a mixed methodology involving both data collection and analysis, and an ethnographic approach. The article analyzes how these toponyms emerge from a variety of socio-spatial practices and meanings that are not only intertwined, but also involve several social, environmental, and political dimensions. We argue that the study of indigenous toponymy as a space-time compression entails an ontological opening of toponymy based on the process of inhabiting place. In this regard, the paper discusses the importance of understanding indigenous toponymy as a historically situated process.
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    While clearing the forests: The social–ecological memory of trees in the Anthropocene
    (2024) Ibarra Eliessetch, José Tomás; Riquelme Maulén, Wladimir Esteban; Bañales Seguel, Camila; Orrego, Gabriel; Salazar Preece, Gonzalo; CEDEUS (Chile)
    The Anthropocene concept raises awareness of human-induced planetary changes but is criticized for being ‘too global’. We examined the social–ecological memory that emerges from people-tree relationships in South American temperate territories, Chile. We integrated dendrochronology (analysis of tree rings of 35 memorial trees; 17 species) with dendrography (participant observation complemented with semi-structured and goalong interviews with 14 interviewees; six women, eight men). We found that assemblages of people–tree relationships reflect marked historical changes in the territory, associated with the historical clearing of forests, which may be imprinted in both tree growth rings and in the social meanings and practices associated with memorial trees. In devastated territories, practices of tree care emphasize interconnectedness, multispecies collaborations, and the blurring of boundaries between humans and otherthan-humans. We discuss some of the interdisciplinary and relational insights of our study, which may prove valuable for future research, political agendas, and educational programs in South America and beyond.