Description: This book is a commitment to encounter. It Is the result of the labor of the Working Group (Grupo de Trabajo) of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), which brings together people who study and research, but who above all carry out collective actions to transform reality.
Brief description: Manuel Bayón did his PhD in Leipzig University and his MA in Urban Studies in Quito (Ecuador). Since 2019 he is the coordinator of Contested Territories Amazonía at FLACSO University in Ecuador. Previously, worked at CENEDET and Acción Ecológica. He is member of the Colectivo Miradas Críticas del Territorio desde el Feminismo and Colectivo de Geografía Crítica del Ecuador. His previous books include La Selva de los Elefantes Blancos, El Yasuní en medio del derrumbe petrolero global y Geografía crítica para detener el despojo de los territorios. His papers have been published in Journals such as Antipode, GeoForum, Ecología Política, Geografía Norte Grande, International Journal of Geo-Information, Journal of Latin American Geography, Environment and Planning D Society and Space, Human Geography.
Review Quotes: The book is a challenge to dominant, eminently patriarchal and colonial views and practices which structure academic knowledge--Prof Dr Raquel Gutierrez, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla