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Diana Paola Salazar Morales

Institutional and international delegation walking on the new bed of the Arroyo Bruno, diverted by Cerrejo虂n 2019. Photo by Diana Salazar.

Research

Subject

Co-producing an environmental history of La Guajira: Building solidarity through decolonising narratives.听

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Abstract

This research aims to build an environmental history of La Guajira听that connects local struggles of ethnic groups affected by coal extraction听to networks of solidarity between the UK and Colombia. The research aims to co-produce an environmental history of La Guajira听from the 1970s听that is embedded in the history of social struggles of communities affected by coal extraction from London-based mining multinationals; and to explore the role of networks of solidarity between the UK and Colombia in disrupting the violation of human and environmental rights produced by coal extraction.听

The research is framed as activist-academic, whereby my work as an academic researcher is linked to my activist practice as part of international networks of solidarity. The approach to environmental history derives from Indian and Latin American scholarship, which is embedded in the history of social struggles, linking the protection of the environment to a strategy of subsistence. The fieldwork takes place between two countries, and is integrated with annual events organised in both countries by solidarity movements 鈥� as part of an annual summer international delegation to Colombia, and an annual autumn Speakers鈥� Tour of mining-affected guests to London.听

Biography

Diana Salazar is an ecologist听from Javeriana University in Colombia and holds a MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development from DPU at 果冻影院. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Bartlett School of Architecture and a Senior Teaching Fellow for a Landscape Architecture Seminar. Diana has several years of experience working in universities and with communities on issues around听environmental justice. She has written about the political ecology of seed cultivation in Colombia and the Energy Landscape in Maputo, Mozambique. Her current research links postcolonial theory with political ecology, history, extractivism and activism. She is funded by the UBEL DTP 鈥� ESRC. Diana is a Trustee of London Mining Network.听

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Publications
  • Salazar, D. Castan Broto, V. Adams, K. 鈥楨nergy Access as it Matters to People: Energy Landscapes in Maputo, Mozambique鈥�. In Allen, A. Griffin, L. and Johnson, C. (Eds.) (2017). Environmental Justice and Urban Resilience in the Global South. London: Palgrave McMillan. 听
  • Salazar, D. Aprendiendo de la Cumbre Agraria en Colombia: El poder de la semilla native. In Diaz Cano, M. (Ed.) (2017) Leyes de Semillas: D贸nde, C贸mo y Por Qu茅?. Bogot谩. Universidad Sergio Arboleda. Available online:
  • Salazar, D. Social practices in urban agriculture in Bogota, Colombia. In Sendra, P. and Pita, MJ. (Eds.) (2017). Civic Practices. Sevilla: Lugadero.
  • Castan Broto, V., Stevens, L., Salazar, D., (2015). 鈥楨nergy Access and Urban Poverty鈥�, Rugby, UK: Practical Action Publishing,
  • Cast谩n Broto, V., Salazar, D., Adams, K. (2014). 鈥楥ommunities and urban energy landscapes in Maputo, Mozambique鈥�. People, Place and Policy. 8/3, 192-207. DOI: 10.3351/ppp.0008.0003.0005
  • Salazar, D. (2012) Social Organization for Urban Agriculture in Bogot谩: The Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Context of Food Crisis and Climate p. 175 鈥� 186. Cahiers th茅matiques N掳 11: Agriculture m茅tropolitaine/M茅tropole agricole. Universit茅 Lille.

Image:听Institutional and international delegation walking on the new bed of the Arroyo Bruno, diverted by Cerrejo虂n 2019. Photo by Diana Salazar. 听听