The Maya Train: Infrastructure and Racial Capitalism in Southeast Mexico
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| Title: | The Maya Train: Infrastructure and Racial Capitalism in Southeast Mexico |
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| Authors: | Alfaro, Claudia Fonseca |
| Source: | Antipode. 57(1):96-119 |
| Subject Terms: | racial capitalism, infrastructure, colonial legacies, mestizaje, megaproject, expropriation, Human Geography, Kulturgeografi |
| Description: | In this paper, I illustrate the interplay between infrastructure and racialised differentiation through the case of the Maya Train-a contentious megaproject aimed at constructing 1,554 km of rail tracks across southeast Mexico, led by the L & oacute;pez Obrador federal administration. Drawing on an analysis of narratives produced by the state, I argue that the Maya Train sustains and reproduces racial capitalism. The argument is developed by putting Gargi Bhattacharyya's and Nancy Fraser's understanding of the racial capitalism framework in conversation with M & oacute;nica Moreno Figueroa's conceptualisation of mestizaje. I show how the Maya Train functions as a project of mestizaje by promising homage, social justice, and development while also acting as a homogenising and oppressive force. The racialising practices embedded in the megaproject reproduce and extend colonial legacies in a heartland of expropriation and are transformed into materiality through the power of the state. |
| File Description: | electronic |
| Access URL: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-133135 https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.13101 |
| Database: | SwePub |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | In this paper, I illustrate the interplay between infrastructure and racialised differentiation through the case of the Maya Train-a contentious megaproject aimed at constructing 1,554 km of rail tracks across southeast Mexico, led by the L & oacute;pez Obrador federal administration. Drawing on an analysis of narratives produced by the state, I argue that the Maya Train sustains and reproduces racial capitalism. The argument is developed by putting Gargi Bhattacharyya's and Nancy Fraser's understanding of the racial capitalism framework in conversation with M & oacute;nica Moreno Figueroa's conceptualisation of mestizaje. I show how the Maya Train functions as a project of mestizaje by promising homage, social justice, and development while also acting as a homogenising and oppressive force. The racialising practices embedded in the megaproject reproduce and extend colonial legacies in a heartland of expropriation and are transformed into materiality through the power of the state. |
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| ISSN: | 00664812 14678330 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/anti.13101 |