| Sumario: | In the various debates on globalization, it has often been understood as a process that empowers multinational capital vis-à-vis local communities and workers. This paper is an attempt to uncover some alternative effects of globalization, or more precisely, how globalization can also open political spaces for local communities to campaign and negotiate for their livelihoods. Through a case study of the conflicts around mining in Tambogrande, the paper shows how this community managed to stop a mining project that it considered destructive. The study explores the political strategies of narrative construction, and the way the opposition narrative was articulated across scales. The opposition narrative was strategically constructed to draw on the national identification with lemon-based dishes and the international strength of the democratization discourse. The Tambogrande case illustrates how a local community can be empowered by aspects of globalization that enables networking and rescaling of narratives.
|
|---|
