When Forests Run Amok: War and Its Afterlives in Indigenous and Afro-Colombian Territories PDF
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WHEN FORESTS RUN AMOK This page intentionally left blank WHEN FORESTS War and Its RUN Afterlives in Indigenous and AMOK Afro- Colombian Territories Daniel Ruiz- Serna Duke University Press Durham and London 2023 © 2023 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of Amer i ca on acid-f ree paper ∞ Proj ect Editor: Lisa Lawley Designed by Courtney Leigh Richardson Typeset in MinionPro Regular, Alegreya Sans by Westchester Publishing Services Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Ruiz- Serna, Daniel, [date] author. Title: When forests run amok : war and its afterlives in indigenous and Afro- Colombian territories / Daniel Ruiz- Serna. Description: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023. | Includes index. Identifiers: lccn 2022034126 (print) lccn 2022034127 (ebook) isbn 9781478016878 (hardback) isbn 9781478019503 (paperback) isbn 9781478024149 (ebook) Subjects: lcsh: War and society— Colombia— Pacific Coast. | War— Environmental aspects— Colombia—P acific Coast. | Black people— Colombia— Pacific Coast— Social conditions. | Indigenous peoples— Colombia— Pacific Coast— Social conditions. | Ethnoecology— Colombia— Pacific Coast. | bisac: social science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social Classification: lcc hn310.p33 r857 2023 (print) | lcc hn310.P33 (ebook) | ddc 305.896/0861—d c23/eng/20220923 lc rec ord available at https:// lccn. loc. gov/ 2022034126 lc ebook rec ord available at https:// lccn. loc. gov/ 2022034127 Cover art: Flow, Bajo Atrato, Colombia, 2016. Courtesy of the author. To the women I love the most: Diana, divine custodian of all beings animating the forest, and Silvana, the forest herself. This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowle dgments i x Introduction 1 1. The Flow of Selves 35 2. Still Waters Run Deep 7 1 3. Imperishable Evils 90 4. Awakening Forests 117 5. The Shared World of the Living and the Dead 152 6. A Jaguar and a Half 185 7. A Life of Legal Concern 2 09 Conclusion 2 31 References 2 43 Index 263 This page intentionally left blank Acknowl edgments One day on a very rainy morning while I was walking through the thick for- est near the Tamboral River, an unexpected surge of joy made me feel I could carry out this research. I want to thank that place and t hose who w ere walk- ing with me that day. To José Omar, for sharing his story with us and showing me that despite our willingness to heal, our hearts carry wounds from which we never completely recover. To Ernesto Ramírez, a friend and a community leader who walks at ease in both Chocoano forests and the urban jungle where we first met, at the time when he had left his river and his people to protect the life of his family. To Abel Gutiérrez Copete, who with good humor showed us how to come to terms with the sadness around us. To Luz Derly Peña Cabezón, a smiling and energetic woman whose gaze conveys the strength of the Wou- naan p eople. To Luna, my wife and steadfast supporter, who agreed to make that journey with me even if I did not deserve her com pany. I am also thankful to the territory of Bajo Atrato itself for taking care of me during all these years of work and providing conditions that inspired my way of thinking. My work in this region was pos si ble only b ecause of the support of many wonderful people in Apartadó, Riosucio, Carmen del Darién, Turbo, and Belén de Bajirá. I feel deeply humbled by their generosity. It would be impos- sible to name them all, but I cannot forget César Acosta and Zenaida Rodrí- guez; Ana Luisa Ramírez Flórez for the many hours of com pany and good conversation; Jailer, Luisfer, Elian, and Eliseo, who shared their chocoanidad with me; the Claretian Missionaries, especially the priests Armando Valencia, Dagoberto Ayala, Sigifredo López, and Francisco Rodríguez, who made their house mine; Leonarda Lara, Gloria Isabel López Lara, and all the children of their f amily who adopted me; Dania Palacios and her daughters; María Eleu- teria Perea, Claribel Sierra Ramos, Digna Mercedes Murillo, Mélida Mena, and Benilda Rentería Córdoba for sharing their arts with me; Humberto Lara, Carlos Andrés Potes, Sebastian Mena, César Moya, Oiben Mena, Nicomedes Maquilón, Fausto and Faustico Palacios, Wilfrido Mendoza, Amancio Valoyes
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