Agriculture, oasis´ culture and mega-mining in Mendoza. Debates and disputes

Abstract

Mendoza is one of the argentinean provinces where the rejection of the mega mining has been most successful. This work aims to investigate the oasis culture, as one of the basis of opposition to this activity. Based on documentary sources, produced mainly by the provincial government, and an ethnographic work that includes testimonies of the protagonists of mega mining rejection, we conclude that the rejection of this activity is rooted in certain provincial history characteristics, which combined with new social-environmental demands, have given rise to one of the most transcendent resistance to mega mining in Argentina.