Abstract

The Brazilian Amazon has long served as a site of infrastructure development and natural resource extraction. Development projects including dams and mines have largely benefited distant urban actors at a cost to local communities and the environment. We draw from theories of internal colonialism and environmental justice to examine the ways that dam building undermined the well-being of communities affected by construction of the Belo Monte Dam, and to understand how those communities engaged in collective action to minimize negative impacts on their livelihoods. Drawing from semi-structured interview and ethnographic data, we find that farmers and fishers impacted by Belo Monte used a variety of tactics to resist exploitation and ultimately receive more equitable compensation for their losses. We propose two processes that were central to their success in mobilizing for environmental justice: transformative resistance and collaborative claims-making.

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巴西亚马逊地区长期以来一直是基础设施开发和自然资源开采的场所。包括水坝和矿山在内的开发项目在很大程度上使遥远的城市参与者受益，但以牺牲当地社区和环境为代价。我们借鉴内部殖民主义和环境正义理论，研究大坝建设如何损害受贝洛蒙特大坝建设影响的社区的福祉，并了解这些社区如何采取集体行动，尽量减少对其生计的负面影响。根据半结构化访谈和人种学数据，我们发现受贝洛蒙特影响的农民和渔民使用了各种策略来抵制剥削，并最终为他们的损失获得更公平的补偿。我们提出了两个对于他们成功动员环境正义至关重要的过程：变革性抵抗和协作主张。