Fish Kills and Protests on the Islands of Chiloé

Daughters, Anton

doi:10.1111/j.1556-3502.2016.570525.x

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“…Chilotes have long held an identity distinct from that of mainland Chileans. As Daughters (2016a) has argued, the cultural dimension of local identity “is a key motivator for islanders and helps explain their broad support for the protests despite food shortages and other hardships” (p. 65). This certainly seems likely—there was broad support on the islands of Chiloé for the fishermen and their families, and the protests continued even as supplies dwindled.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Cameramen from TVN and Mega had taken to filming B-roll of the empty shelves of the Unimarc (a Chilean grocery store chain) in the island’s largest city, Castro, to show how the islanders were running out of food. These were juxtaposed with images of protesters carrying signs that read “Chiloé is deprived!” 5 (Daughters, 2016a: 61). One reporter interviewed a group of women who were organizing food redistribution efforts.…”

Section: Creating a Nation Of Witnessesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When government officials announced the fishing ban, they had promised that fishermen from the archipelago who were properly registered with SERNAPESCA would receive $100,000 pesos (US$150) per month for 3 months. This underwhelming compensation was part of the reason the fishermen had mobilized in the first place (Daughters, 2016a: 64). Now, 2 weeks into the blockade, they were back at the negotiating table with state officials.…”

Section: Putting a Price On Pollutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Crisis and catastrophe on Chiloé: Collective memory and the (re)framing of an environmental disaster

Thomas

2018

Cultural Dynamics

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In May 2016, residents of Chiloé in southern Chile blockaded their island to protest the contamination of their fishery by aquaculture operators as well as the state’s failure to adequately regulate this new industry. Media coverage of events on the island, particularly the scarcity of food resulting from the blockade, constituted a discourse of images that invoked the mobilization of “respectable” women during other moments of political crisis—specifically the bread shortages during the Popular Unity government (1970–1973) and the widespread human rights abuses of the Pinochet Dictatorship (1973–1990). These images helped protestors transform an environmental crisis into a humanitarian catastrophe, mobilizing collective memory of suffering and gaining widespread support for their cause. This article argues that media coverage of the protest and subsequent support for the protestors in other parts of Chile strengthened the hand of those whose livelihoods had been affected by the crisis and led to greater compensation for fishing families.

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