Raoul Kaenzig, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Raoul Kaenzig, University of Neuchtel, Switzerland17.07.2013
Bolivian Andes: narratives on glacial retreat and migrationRK - Unine#1
Case study in the Bolivian andes
RK - Unine#2RESEARCH2 approaches :
1) On narrativesHow the relation between glacial retreat and migration is framed in the medias?
2) On mechanismsHow glacial retreat may affect the decision to migrate?
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In Bolivia, Water and Ice tell of climate change NYT, 2009El deshielo empuja la emigracin en una comunidad indgena de Bolivia. CNN Mexico, 2011
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Villagers say: yes!My four brothers are gone, they live in the city; because we lack terrain and we lack water. This year there is no water coming down the glacier! (Khapi, man 32 y.o., 2012)
Experts say: no! They are enjoying an extra-amount of water. Until now, they have not experienced out-migration because of this. (Environmental NGO director, La Paz, 2012).
Mechanisms between glacial retreat and migration
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Conclusion and further remarksMediatisation of the villages: Victims VS agency. A way to adapt?
Visual dimension of retreating glaciers has a strong impacts on decisions: migration as an anticipatory adaptive strategy?
Importance to consider the temporal dimension; Are they sitting on a melting bomb?
Moving to vulnerable destinations (cities), and then?
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Thank you !
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