El género y la edad frente a las reconfiguraciones en los medios de subsistencia originadas por la minería en el Perú

• Autor: Himley, Matthew
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2011
• Institución: Universidad del Pacífico
• Repositorio: UP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.up.edu.pe:11354/515
• Enlace del recurso: http://hdl.handle.net/11354/515; https://doi.org/10.21678/apuntes.68.618
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Comunidades andinas; Ecología política; Clasificación social; Minería

The article investigates the social unevenness of the complex livelihood transformations generated by largescale mining in Peru. Drawing on research undertaken in a caserío located in the area of influence of the Pierina gold mine, I explore the significance of gender and age in shaping how residents have experienced the impacts and opportunities of extraction. In a context in which opportunities to directly benefit from the new mining economy have been available primarily to working-aged men, the evidence suggests that women and older residents have experienced the negative effects of mine construction on their traditional agro-pastoral practices especially acutely. These findings underscore the need to more thoroughly examine the ramifications of mining for the more vulnerable segments of Andean society.