Two Centuries of Wetland Draining in Lake Fuquene (Colombia): Impacts on the Artisanal Fishery
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https://doi.org/10.17561/at.v1i4.2163Abstract
This article approaches Lake Fuquene (Colombia) as a cultural landscape and highlights its importance for peasant-fishermen who live nearby. The current state of the wetland is understood as the result of multiple interventions that have historically sought to promote livestock production at the expense of the lake and of the ways of life and knowledge associated with it. This paper considers the socio-cultural impact of deliberate draining on the lives of small scale peasant-fishermen.
The ethnographic research paid particular attention to the perception and assessment of changes in the landscape by the peasant population surrounding the lake, through a review of historical sources, interviews and life stories that examined the memory of several generations while inquiring into the impact that wetland draining has had on the people who used to obtain their sustenance from the lake.
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