Arts, place, and sacrifice zones: restoration of damaged relational values in a Chilean sacrifice zone

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  • dc.contributor.author Sanz, Teresa
  • dc.contributor.author Rodríguez-Labajos, Beatriz
  • dc.date.accessioned 2023-05-19T06:07:51Z
  • dc.date.available 2023-05-19T06:07:51Z
  • dc.date.issued 2023
  • dc.description.abstract 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.
  • dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by project ‘EnvJustice’ (GA 695446), funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and Joan Martinez Alier Balzan Prize 2020, and by Beatriu de Pinós Fellowship 2020-BP-00053 TALENT funded by the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR), Generalitat de Catalunya.
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  • dc.identifier.citation Sanz T, Rodríguez‑Labajos B. Arts, place, and sacrifice zones: restoration of damaged relational values in a Chilean sacrifice zone. Sustain Sci. 2023;18(3):1135-48. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-022-01252-6
  • dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01252-6
  • dc.identifier.issn 1862-4065
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56905
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher Springer
  • dc.relation.ispartof Sustainability Science. 2023;18(3):1135-48.
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  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/695446
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  • dc.subject.keyword Sacrifce zone
  • dc.subject.keyword Relational values
  • dc.subject.keyword Artistic practices
  • dc.subject.keyword Restoration
  • dc.subject.keyword Placemaking
  • dc.subject.keyword Socio-environmental conficts
  • dc.subject.keyword Chile
  • dc.title Arts, place, and sacrifice zones: restoration of damaged relational values in a Chilean sacrifice zone
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