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Urban Indigenous territoriality and the politics of climate urbanism in Latin America
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Brablec, Dana
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decolonial urbanism
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/ territoriality
/ urban governance
2025
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2025
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Urban Indigenous territoriality and the politics of climate urbanism in Latin America
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Urban Indigenous territoriality and the politics of climate urbanism in Latin America
2025
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Indigenous peoples in Latin America are increasingly urban, yet state imaginaries and scholarly frameworks continue to locate indigeneity in rural spaces. This rural/urban binary is sustained by a model of neoliberal multiculturalism that celebrates cultural difference while denying Indigenous territorial agency in the city. This article challenges these assumptions by arguing that Latin American cities are emerging as key arenas in which Indigenous territoriality is being reconfigured, governed, and defended. Drawing on urban socio-political ecology, it conceptualises Indigenous urbanisation as a reconfiguration of ancestral territorial life rather than its erosion. Through an analysis of Ma-puche organisations in Santiago de Chile, among other cases, the article examines how Indigenous collectives enact territorial claims through environmental stewardship, spiritual practice, and political mobilisation. It situates these practices within uneven urban geographies of climate change, showing how Indigenous ontologies of care and reciprocity underpin resilient socio-ecological governance. The exploration proposes Indigenous climate urbanism as a praxis that contests colonial spatial orders while advancing alternative urban futures grounded in ecological collective authority. Recognising Indigenous urban territoriality as legitimate, structural, and transformative is essential for building climate-just and decolonial cities in Latin America. Resumen: Territorialidad urbana indígena y la política de urbanismo climático en Latinoamérica Los pueblos indígenas en América Latina son cada vez más urbanos, pero los imaginarios estatales y los marcos académicos siguen situando la indigeneidad en los espacios rurales. Esta dicotomía rural/urbana está sustentada por un modelo de multiculturalismo neoliberal que celebra la diferencia cultural al tiempo que niega la agencia territorial indígena en la ciudad. Este artículo cuestiona estas suposiciones al argumentar que las ciudades latinoamericanas están emergiendo como escenarios clave en los que se está reconfigurando, gobernando y defendiendo la territorialidad indígena. A partir de la ecología sociopolítica urbana, se conceptualiza la urbanización indígena como una reconfiguración de la vida territorial ancestral más que como su erosión. A través de un análisis de las organizaciones mapuches en Santiago de Chile, entre otros casos, el artículo examina cómo los colectivos indígenas hacen valer sus reivindicaciones territoriales mediante la gestión medioambiental, la práctica espiritual y la movilización política. A su vez, sitúa estas prácticas en las geografías urbanas desiguales del cambio climático y muestra cómo las ontologías indígenas del cuidado y la reciprocidad sustentan una gobernanza socioecológica resiliente. La exploración propone el urbanismo climático indígena como una praxis que cuestiona los órdenes espaciales coloniales al tiempo que promueve futuros urbanos alternativos basados en la autoridad colectiva ecológica. Reconocer la territorialidad urbana indígena como legítima, estructural y transformadora es esencial para construir ciudades climáticamente justas y descolonizadas en América Latina.
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CEDLA
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