Bibliographic citations
Macassi, S., (2023). Actores discursivos en los conflictos socioambientales: Análisis de las disputas sociotécnicas en Tía María y Conga [Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/23943
Macassi, S., Actores discursivos en los conflictos socioambientales: Análisis de las disputas sociotécnicas en Tía María y Conga []. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/23943
@phdthesis{renati/1656616,
title = "Actores discursivos en los conflictos socioambientales: Análisis de las disputas sociotécnicas en Tía María y Conga",
author = "Macassi Lavander, Sandro Enrique",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2023"
}
This study focuses on the interaction between the networks of actors of both the company and the communities, built around sociotechnical issues and the participation of communicative actors in these networks, around the EIAs of the Tía María and Conga megaprojects in Peru between 2009 and 2012. The revision of the "Network Actor Theory" helps to understand the discussions that emerge about EIAs, however this theory does not deepen the role played by communicative actors. To explain their contribution to socio-environmental conflicts, the concept of "discursive coalitions" is used (Hajer, 2003; Fischer 2003). The regulations on the EIA were reviewed, and interviews were conducted with key informants of the network of sociotechnical actors and members of the discursive coalitions. The presence of the sociotechnical in traditional and digital journalism is analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively, both nationally, regionally and locally. It is found that communication strategies have a key role in the formation of the network of actors carried out by the company and also in the network of protest actors. Communicative and non-communicative actors (engineers, journalists, institutions, specialists and ordinary citizens) make up the "discursive coalitions. They question the socio-technical premises in the public space, seeking to affect government decisions. A virtuous circle is observed between the discursive coalitions, the sociotechnical artifacts and the mobilization actions for the opening of the black box (destabilization of the scientific premises of the EIA) managing to stop the approval of the EIA of both extractive projects. In addition, the discursive coalitions questioned the current environmental assessment system, creating conditions for the development of a new public institution called the National Environmental Certification Service for Sustainable Investments.
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