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Autoprotección, solastalgia y cuidado en los conflictos por el agua: estudio multicaso en el oriente antioqueño, Colombia

2025; Issue: 25 Linguagem: Inglês

10.17561/at.25.8111

2340-8472

Beatriz Arias, Laura Jiménez Ospina, Vincent Vargas, Elsa Pilar Parra Mojica,

Educational methodologies and cognitive development

Objetive. To understand the self-protection strategies developed by communities and organizations in the face of violations derived from construction and licensing projects for hydropower generation. Methodology. Qualitative study carried out in hydro-social territories of the rivers La Paloma, Santo Domingo and Dormilón, municipalities of Argelia, San Francisco and San Luis, Eastern Antioquia, Colombia. The study included document review, territorial walks, semi-structured interviews and social mapping exercises over the course of one year from April 2022. Results. Self-protection strategies are mediated by affective-emotional links with the territory, whose transformations generate feelings related to the notion of solastalgia. Self-protection is a strategy to collectively sustain living spaces and workers around the river, with a view to future generations. Conclusion. Self-protection in these communities is updated and amplified to protect not only people’s physical integrity, but also and above all the integrity of the territory as a space of bonds, affections and emotions.