Publication: Sobre meandros y cascadas o cómo inundar el correr del río.
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Cerezo Montoya, Belén ; Montero, María Rosario
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Ateneo de Estudios Políticos (ACEP)
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Este ensayo reflexiona sobre la relación entre el agua, el paisaje y su representación, tomando como punto de partida la figura del meandro para explorar la temporalidad del río y cómo interactúa con su entorno. A continuación, este ensayo examina la resistencia de las cascadas a ser capturada en mapas y cómo las imágenes turísticas de las mismas producidas en Chile durante la dictadura, desviaron la atención de los excesos políticos. Asimismo, las fotografías de las cascadas revelan una tensión entre el deseo de congelar el movimiento del agua y su continuo flujo, lo que pone en cuestión la percepción del agua como un recurso gestionable y estático. A partir de estas imágenes y conceptos, el ensayo critica la visión utilitaria del agua y propone un enfoque que la reconoce como parte integral de lo social, expandiendo así la comprensión a un ciclo hidrosocial que desafía las simplificaciones científicas hegemónicas.
Abstract: This essay reflects on the relationship between water, landscape, and its representation, using the figure of the meander as a starting point to explore the river's temporality and how it interacts with its environment. It then examines how waterfalls resist being captured in maps, and how tourist images of them, produced in Chile during the dictatorship, diverted attention from political excesses. Likewise, photographs of waterfalls reveal a tension between the desire to freeze the movement of water and its continuous flow, which challenges the perception of water as a manageable and static resource. Through these images and concepts, the essay critiques the utilitarian view of water, proposing instead an approach that recognizes it as an integral part of the social, thereby expanding understanding to a hydrosocial cycle that challenges hegemonic scientific simplifications.
Abstract: This essay reflects on the relationship between water, landscape, and its representation, using the figure of the meander as a starting point to explore the river's temporality and how it interacts with its environment. It then examines how waterfalls resist being captured in maps, and how tourist images of them, produced in Chile during the dictatorship, diverted attention from political excesses. Likewise, photographs of waterfalls reveal a tension between the desire to freeze the movement of water and its continuous flow, which challenges the perception of water as a manageable and static resource. Through these images and concepts, the essay critiques the utilitarian view of water, proposing instead an approach that recognizes it as an integral part of the social, thereby expanding understanding to a hydrosocial cycle that challenges hegemonic scientific simplifications.
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Pensamiento al margen: revista digital de ideas políticas, n. 20, 2024, p. 199-221.
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