Remoteness Reconsidered

Much of our understanding of the world is framed from the perspective of a dominant power center, or from standard readings of historical events. The architecture of international information distribution, academic centers, and the lingua franca of international scholarly discourse also shape these...

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description Much of our understanding of the world is framed from the perspective of a dominant power center, or from standard readings of historical events. The architecture of international information distribution, academic centers, and the lingua franca of international scholarly discourse also shape these stories. Remoteness Reconsidered employs the idea of remoteness as an analytical tool for viewing international law's encounter with the Americas from the unusual, peripheral perspective of the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is one of the most remote places on Earth, although that less-than-accurate perspective comes from standard historical accounts of the region, accounts that originate from the “center.” Changing the usual frame of reference leads to a reconsideration of the idea of remoteness and of the subsequent marginalization of historical narratives that influence hemispheric international relations in important ways today. Lessons about international law's encounters with neoliberalism, indigenous and human rights, and the management and extraction of mineral resources take on new significance by following a spatial turn toward the idea of remoteness as applied to the Atacama Desert.
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Uti possidetis
Indigenous rights
Cartography
Spatiality
Neoliberalism
Lithium
Nitrates
Globalization
War of the Pacific
Guano
Imperialism
Chicago Boys
Postcolonialism
Extractivism
Watercourse
Riparian law
Nomos
Remoteness
Dependency theory
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Remoteness Reconsidered
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Uti possidetis
Indigenous rights
Cartography
Spatiality
Neoliberalism
Lithium
Nitrates
Globalization
War of the Pacific
Guano
Imperialism
Chicago Boys
Postcolonialism
Extractivism
Watercourse
Riparian law
Nomos
Remoteness
Dependency theory
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations
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Uti possidetis
Indigenous rights
Cartography
Spatiality
Neoliberalism
Lithium
Nitrates
Globalization
War of the Pacific
Guano
Imperialism
Chicago Boys
Postcolonialism
Extractivism
Watercourse
Riparian law
Nomos
Remoteness
Dependency theory
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
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