Violencia, transgresión y bienes comunes en Copiapó (siglos XVII y XVIII)

Abstract

Abstract We present an analysis of the conflicts based on the access to common resources in the Copiapó Valley in the 17th and 18th centuries. During that period the Spaniards occupied indigenous territories, and, as a result, its native inhabitants lost the access to places of extraction of resources such as pitch, wood or water. This article studies three cases where the established relations around the uses of the common goods was not met. As a method of analysis, the article is based on the design principles established by Elinor Ostrom in the management of common resources in the organization of successful institutions throughout the history.