abstract

This article reflects on the multiple worlds generated around waterscapes in the diverse Mapuche territory, Wallmapu. We contrast the responses of three Mapuche communities to external interventions and water availability in the Chimehuin and Lepá rivers in Argentina, and the Huenehue River in Chile. The comparison reveals the nature of Mapuche waterscapes, the tensions provoked by the global economy, and its impacts on water management. Mapuche communities establish an intersubjective relationship with water, securing and protecting their water supply. Waterscapes are constituted as living entities where human and nonhuman stories converge and on which biocultural memory is periodically enriched in its response to a changing environment. We conclude that coexistence between Mapuche and non-Mapuche worlds, however diverse the communities might be, is sustained through equivocal relations and partial connections. Established views of water management in Wallmapu could be greatly enriched by the Mapuche’s views and practices.

摘要

本文反映了在不同的马普切地区 Wallmapu 中围绕水景生成的多个世界。我们对比了三个马普切社区对阿根廷 Chimehuin 和 Lepá 河以及智利 Huenehue 河的外部干预和水资源可用性的反应。比较揭示了马普切水景的性质、全球经济引发的紧张局势及其对水资源管理的影响。马普切社区与水建立主体间关系，确保和保护他们的供水。水景被构成为生命实体，人类和非人类故事在这里汇聚，生物文化记忆在其对不断变化的环境的反应中周期性地丰富。我们得出结论，马普切世界和非马普切世界之间的共存，无论社区可能多么多样化，是通过模棱两可的关系和部分联系来维持的。马普切人的观点和实践可以极大地丰富 Wallmapu 水管理的既定观点。