11 August 2023
The Silent Struggle:
People around Salar del Hombre Muerto
On their quest for lithium, mining companies assert dominance over entire territories and their people, as witnessed around Salar de Hombre Muerto, in…
2 July 2021
Accessing environmental information: An experience from Salta
Although environmental information is public in Argentina, gaining access to it is often not easy. Walter Fernando Díaz Paz shares his experience and reflects…
17 June 2021
Of lithium, deserts and translation
Journalist and photographer Agnès Villette writes about media theorist Jussi Parikka and the anthropocenic entanglements of the Atacama desert, which,…
20 May 2021
Lithium threatens the heritage of Cáceres
An open-pit mine located next to the city protected by UNESCO is facing key decisions in the coming weeks. In this area alone mining permits for over more than…
8 April 2021
Resource and territorial control on the Atacama salt flat
It is not uncommon to come across fenced areas around the Atacama salt flat. While the lithium exploitations seem discreet in the immensity of the salt flat,…
30 March 2021
From Salta to Olaroz Chico:
Lithium as a travel companion
We left Salta at the crack of dawn. From here only a little more than 300 km are between us and the Olaroz salt flat, in Jujuy, but the distance seems…