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Indigenous women's leadership in the Saraguro anti-mining movement challenges extractivism and patriarchal structures by creating alternative forms of political organization grounded in collective care, territorial experience, and communal autonomy. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This research examines how Saraguro Indigenous women resist mining through collective leadership and care ethics.

July 9, 2026Journal of Organizational Ethnography

Guardians of Fierro Urku: indigenous women's struggle and collective resistance in Saraguro's anti-mining movement

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ASAna Elisa Astudillo SalazarKU Leuven MQMaría Luisa Lozano QuizhpeUniversidad del Azuay

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Ethnographic study explores Indigenous women's defense of water and territory, highlighting their role in resistance against mining.

Key Points

This research examines how Saraguro Indigenous women resist mining through collective leadership and care ethics.
Conducted ethnographic research in Saraguro from 2020 to 2022
Carried out 28 in-depth interviews with women leaders
Performed participant observation and informal conversations
Indigenous women's resistance generates alternative organizational forms rooted in care and autonomy
Women challenge patriarchal and colonial systems through collective political participation
The experience highlights the intertwined relationship between water defense and sustaining community lifeways

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Salazar et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4f3c8a2b81a944af575d9f https://doi.org/10.1108/joe-11-2025-0158

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July 9, 2026Journal of Organizational Ethnography

Guardians of Fierro Urku: indigenous women's struggle and collective resistance in Saraguro's anti-mining movement

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Authors

ASAna Elisa Astudillo SalazarKU Leuven MQMaría Luisa Lozano QuizhpeUniversidad del Azuay

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Implication

Ethnographic study explores Indigenous women's defense of water and territory, highlighting their role in resistance against mining.

Key Points

This research examines how Saraguro Indigenous women resist mining through collective leadership and care ethics.
Conducted ethnographic research in Saraguro from 2020 to 2022
Carried out 28 in-depth interviews with women leaders
Performed participant observation and informal conversations
Indigenous women's resistance generates alternative organizational forms rooted in care and autonomy
Women challenge patriarchal and colonial systems through collective political participation
The experience highlights the intertwined relationship between water defense and sustaining community lifeways

Cite This Study

Salazar et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4f3c8a2b81a944af575d9f https://doi.org/10.1108/joe-11-2025-0158

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