Civil society and violence: the conflict for the wind farm in ikojt territory of San Dionisio del Mar

Abstract

This paper focuses on the presence of violence repertoires, particularly of repression and resistance, in conflicts over nature in indigenous territories in México. Through the case of the Ikojt people of San Dionisio del Mar, Oaxaca, the paper illustrates the articulation of these repertories with non violent on the conflict trajectory. Based on empirical data obtained in interviews with members of the opponents assembly to the wind park project on its territory, the paper retrieves its centrality for the becoming of the processes as in the lived experiences of the subjects involved. In addition, it questions the dominant analytical perspective of civil society that neglects the study of violence by considering it outside of the scope of politics.