Susanne Hofmann talks to anthropologist and activist Mónica Montalvo from Sandía Digital about the history of hydroelectric projects in Mexico and resistance against them, with examples from Jalisco and Nayarit. They highlight the coloniality of those infrastructure projects that cause displacement and community rupture, but also discuss possible e…

Gemaly Padua Uscanga interviews Rosa Marina Flores Cruz, Afro-Zapotec and member of the Assembly of Peoples of the Isthmus in Defence of Land and Territory (APIIDTT), as well as of the Indigenous Futures Network. They talk about the community resistance against the installation of wind parks in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the consequences of the gl…

Rita Valencia talks to Gilberto López y Rivas, research professor at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) Morelos. He is a long-term contributor to the Mexican newspaper La Jornada and committed to the struggles of Indigenous peoples and peasants. They talk about the relationship of Indigenous peoples and the state, the chances…

Host Astrid Chavelas interviews José Raymundo Díaz Taboada, coordinator of the Collective Against Torture and Impunity (CCTI) in Guerrero. They talk about the hydroelectric dam La Parota, collective organising against this infrastructure project, and the conflicts and divisions it caused among communities around issues of land ownership and displac…

Our host Rita Valencia converses with Josefa Contreras, Angpon or Zoque activist and Indigenous thinker from the Chimalapas – a dense forest region in the southwest of the state of Oaxaca in Mexico – whose intellectual inquiries are linked to the organisational processes of territorial defence. They talk about the role of cultural identity, resourc…

Host Gemaly Padua Uscanga interviews Pedro Uc Be, poet, writer, philosopher and member of the Assembly of Defenders of the Mayan Territory Múuch’ Xíinbal. They discuss the Tren Maya infrastructure project – a 1,525-kilometre railway intended to boost Mexico’s tourism industry – and its social and environmental impacts on the lives of the Indigenous…

Susanne Hofmann talks to Leonor Díaz Santos, a member of the Council of United Peoples in Defense of the Río Verde river (COPUDEVER), located in Oaxaca’s coastal region. Díaz Santos is Afro-Mixteca and defender of her territory, the river and the water. They discuss the suspected impacts of this hydroelectric project and the resistance that Indigen…

Rita Valencia talks to Alexander Dunlap, researcher at the University of Oslo’s Centre for Development and the Environment, about the violent technologies of extraction required for the ‘sustainable’ or ‘green’ energy transition currently promoted by global North countries as a solution to climate change. They discuss the European Green Deal, infra…

Astrid Paola Chavelas talks to social anthropologist Alejandro Castaneira (Autonomous University of Mexico, Iztapalapa) about the trajectory of the different socio-environmental conflicts caused by infrastructure projects planned and/or already implemented in the Isthmus, based on his long-term work on and with the Indigenous peoples of the region.…

Our host Astrid Paola Chavelas talks to Mario Castillo Quintero, member of the Assembly of Peoples of the Isthmus in Defence of Land and Territory (APIIDTT). They discuss the advancement of the Interoceanic Transport Corridor in the southern region of the Isthmus and the conflicts that have emerged so far between different groups of the population.…

Astrid Chavelas talks to activist and lawyer Candelaria Castellanos from the organization Codigo DH who forms part of a team that provides accompaniment and legal advice to land defenders. They focus on the situation of women and non-binary people in contexts in which socioenvironmental conflicts exist. This podcast is in Spanish. Audio Production:…

Astrid Chavelas talks to professor Carlos Wallenius, who researches and teaches at the Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico-Xochimilco about what megaprojects are and how they impact on peasant and indigenous communities in Mexico. This podcast is in Spanish. Audio Production: Gemaly Padua Uscanga…

Susanne Hofmann talks to Astrid Paola Chavelas about women's experiences and perceptions of the Interoceanic Corridor infrastructure project in the Istmo de Tehuantepec/Mexico. This podcast is in Spanish. Audio Production: Gemaly Padua UscangaPor Infrastructure Reworldings