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Research Articles

Mining presence: extraction and embodiment in Valles Centrales, Oaxaca

Presencia Minera: extracción y materialización en Valles Centrales, Oaxaca

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Pages 639-657 | Received 12 Jan 2022, Accepted 14 Feb 2023, Published online: 31 Mar 2023

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Figure 1. Valles Centrales region, Oaxaca, Mexico. Map credit: Chandra Jayasuriya.

Figure 1. Valles Centrales region, Oaxaca, Mexico. Map credit: Chandra Jayasuriya.

Figure 2. Municipal boundaries. The urban area of Magdalena Ocotlán does not reach the municipal boundaries, i.e. fields and cultivated land is included within the boundary. Map credit: Chandra Jayasuriya.

Figure 2. Municipal boundaries. The urban area of Magdalena Ocotlán does not reach the municipal boundaries, i.e. fields and cultivated land is included within the boundary. Map credit: Chandra Jayasuriya.

Figure 3. Although the mine’s infrastructure is physically absent in Magdalena, this sign installed by Magdalena’s municipal government reads, ‘mining is prohibited in the territory of Magdalena Ocotlán’. Photo: Author’s own.

Figure 3. Although the mine’s infrastructure is physically absent in Magdalena, this sign installed by Magdalena’s municipal government reads, ‘mining is prohibited in the territory of Magdalena Ocotlán’. Photo: Author’s own.