@article{kneas_cattle_2021, title = {Cattle in the {Cane}: {Class} {Formation}, {Agrarian} {Histories}, and the {Temporalities} of {Mining} {Conflicts} in the {Ecuadorian} {Andes}}, volume = {48}, issn = {0306-6150, 1743-9361}, shorttitle = {Cattle in the cane}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03066150.2020.1762180}, doi = {10.1080/03066150.2020.1762180}, abstract = {Abstract: A recurring question within literature on resource conflicts is how to explain the origins of local opposition. Many studies begin with the arrival of mining interests. In this paper, however, I situate a conflict over proposed copper mining in northwestern Ecuador in relation to histories of agrarian settlement. Though the prospect of mining first emerged in the early 1990s, I trace the origins of this conflict to sugar cane in the 1940s. Drawing attention to processes of agrarian change, I demonstrate how local actors have generated the literal and metaphorical fields upon which this conflict has played out.}, language = {en}, number = {4}, urldate = {2021-06-22}, journal = {Journal of Peasant Studies}, author = {Kneas, David}, month = jun, year = {2021}, note = {Code: Journal of Peasant Studies Number: 4}, keywords = {Business history in Latin America}, pages = {754--777}, }