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July 26, 2026Journal of Organizational Ethnography

R-existing in a saturated water body: hydrofeminist textile approach to Mallolafken, Chile

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MHMaite Hernando-ArreseHMHabana MuñozDGDominique Goujon

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Overview

Randomized trial explores women's resistance to water pollution in Villarrica, suggesting new ways to engage with water.

Key Points

  • The study investigates how women’s experiences with pollution in Mallolafken highlight broader hydrosocial inequalities.
  • Utilized a feminist political ecology framework and hydrofeminist counter-mapping of local water bodies.
  • Conducted participatory action research involving community members, researchers, and artists.
  • Focused on the Retxiküra stone and the Limawe stream that connect to Lake Villarrica.
  • Highlighted the socio-ecological harms from extractivist policies affecting women’s access to clean water.
  • Revealed women’s embodied knowledge and collective actions as forms of resistance against water pollution.
  • Introduced the concept of r-existence to emphasize alternative relationships with water beyond capitalist frameworks.

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Hernando-Arrese et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a65a825d3aea3239cd78aa9https://doi.org/10.1108/joe-11-2025-0151
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