Books by Benjamin Fash
Mining and its impacts in Honduras. (La minería y sus impactos en Honduras).
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Geoforum, Oct 1, 2022
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Latin American Perspectives, Dec 6, 2018
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The Journal of Peasant Studies, Nov 4, 2022
Given its utopian orientation, the anti-capitalist, decolonial notion of buen vivir understates h... more Given its utopian orientation, the anti-capitalist, decolonial notion of buen vivir understates how precarious life is for those who experiment with practicing its principles. Furthermore, climate change and climate mitigation will exacerbate precarity for the foreseeable future. In response, we develop a conceptual argument that integrates concepts from post-extractivism, climate adaptation, communitarian feminism, and prefigurative politics for a more accurate and more actionable, eutopian concept we term buen sobrevivir, or surviving well. We then illustrate the concept through Lenca women's struggles to make alternatives possible in the face of violent extractivism, patriarchy, and climate change impacts in post-coup Honduras.
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The Journal of Peasant Studies
Given its utopian orientation, the anti-capitalist, decolonial notion of buen vivir understates h... more Given its utopian orientation, the anti-capitalist, decolonial notion of buen vivir understates how precarious life is for those who experiment with practicing its principles. Furthermore, climate change and climate mitigation will exacerbate precarity for the foreseeable future. In response, we develop a conceptual argument that integrates concepts from post-extractivism, climate adaptation, communitarian feminism, and prefigurative politics for a more accurate and more actionable, eutopian concept we term buen sobrevivir, or surviving well. We then illustrate the concept through Lenca women's struggles to make alternatives possible in the face of violent extractivism, patriarchy, and climate change impacts in post-coup Honduras.
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Journal of Peasant Studies, 2022
Given its utopian orientation, the anti-capitalist, decolonial notion of buen vivir understates h... more Given its utopian orientation, the anti-capitalist, decolonial notion of buen vivir understates how precarious life is for those who experiment with practicing its principles. Furthermore, climate change and climate mitigation will exacerbate precarity for the foreseeable future. In response, we develop a conceptual argument that integrates concepts from post-extractivism, climate adaptation, communitarian feminism, and prefigurative politics for a more accurate and more actionable, eutopian concept we term buen sobrevivir, or surviving well. We then illustrate the concept through Lenca women's struggles to make alternatives possible in the face of violent extractivism, patriarchy, and climate change impacts in post-coup Honduras.
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Geoforum
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Mining and its impacts in Honduras. (La minería y sus impactos en Honduras).
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European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies | Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 2018
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Latin American Perspectives, 2018
During the mid-2000s, Honduras and El Salvador implemented mining moratoria. By 2017 El Salvador ... more During the mid-2000s, Honduras and El Salvador implemented mining moratoria. By 2017 El Salvador had legislated a globally unprecedented ban on all forms of metal mining, while in Honduras mining was expanding aggressively. These neighboring countries present the explanatory challenge of understanding the distinct trajectories of mining policy and politics. These divergent pathways can be explained by the interactions between the political economy of subsoil resources, national political settlements, and the ways in which diverse actors have taken advantage (or not) of openings in these settlements. A mediados de la década del 2000, Honduras y El Salvador implementaron moratorias mineras. Para el 2017, El Salvador había legislado una prohibición sin precedentes a nivel mundial de todas las formas de minería de metales, mientras que en Honduras la minería se estaba expandiendo agresivamente. Estos países vecinos presentan el desafío explicativo de comprender las distintas trayectoria...
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Applied Geography
Predictions about the spatial distribution of environmental impacts related to extractive industr... more Predictions about the spatial distribution of environmental impacts related to extractive industries have commonly assumed an inverse relationship between the severity of impact and distance from the site of extraction. However, because of the salience of water to both extractive industries and other livelihood strategies, many severe externalities of extractive development are experienced in areas hydrologically linked to the site of extraction , though these areas may not be those closest to mines themselves. This paper uses cadastral and remotely sensed data to model the spatial distribution of water, and extractive industries in Honduras and identify hydrological links between mines and downstream areas. Based on water availability, and the amount of upstream extractive development, it describes vulnerability to water-related risks from extractive industries in terms of severity as well as its concentration, measuring how local or spatially distributed are potential sources of impact. A consideration of risks experienced by agricultural producers indicates that small-scale farmers and large, commercial growers face distinctly different types of risk, and suggests that each group may pursue different strategies for mitigation. These strategies differ with respect to the spatial and administrative scales at which they would be pursued, as well as the degree to which they push for governance approaches focusing on spatially-defined, cadastral units of regulation or on broader regional and landscape impacts.
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ERLACS, 2018
Central America is characterized by an asymmetric forest transition in which net deforestation is... more Central America is characterized by an asymmetric forest transition in which net deforestation is a product of both forest loss and patches of forest resurgence. Forest loss is also associated with rights violations. We explore the extent to which extractive industry and infrastructure investments create pressure on forest resources, community rights and livelihoods. Drivers of this investment are identified, in particular: constitutional, legislative and regulatory reforms; energy policies; new financial flows; and ideas of development emphasizing the centrality of infrastructure in combining geographical integration and economic growth. We discuss forms of contentious action that have emerged in response to these pressures, asking how far and in what ways this contention has elicited changes in the policies that govern investment and extractive industry, and how far such changes might reduce pressure on Central America's remaining forest cover. The paper develops a conceptual framework for analysing relationships among contention, policy change and the resilience of policy changes.
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