Arts, place, and sacrifice zones : restoration of damaged relational values in a Chilean sacrifice zone
Sanz, Teresa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Rodríguez-Labajos, Beatriz (Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona School of Management)

Data:	2022
Resum:	This paper aims to unpack the relational dimension of place and placemaking by analysing how creative actions underpin relational values towards socio-spatial restoration in the sacrifice zone affecting the communities of Quintero and Puchuncaví (QPSZ) in Chile. Sacrifice zones are places permanently subject to environmental damage and lack of environmental regulation. For affected populations in environmentally degraded areas, creative actions such as murals, music, and street performances have become a way to re-establish connections both among humans, and between humans and the environment. To date, little has been theorized on this connection. With this in mind, we use network analysis to analyze which and how relational values are mobilized by artistic actions, and to examine ensuing socio-spatial transformations. Drawing insights from 35 interviews with activists, artists, and residents in QPSZ, we observed relational effects of arts, especially in creation processes, and in representations of local elements and life histories. The materiality of artistic practices raised as a force of placemaking, and so did artistic spaces as promoters of networking and social cohesion, essential for socio-spatial restoration. By bringing together insights from aesthetic politics, human geography, and relational values, this paper contributes to the emerging literature on art committed to tackling socio-environmental crises, and to political-ecological theories on the transformation of degraded areas.
Ajuts:	European Commission 695446 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2020/BP-00053
Nota:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Sacrifce zone ; Relational values ; Artistic practices ; Restoration ; Placemaking ; Socio-environmental conficts ; Chile
Publicat a:	Sustainability science, (December 2022) , ISSN 1862-4057

Dades de recerca relacionades amb l'article: https://ddd.uab.cat/record/259086
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-022-01252-6
PMID: 36536934

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