The (ontological) politics of fog capture in Lima, Peru

Abstract

Fog oasis conservationists in Lima attend to fog as a material possibility for capturing and enfolding in infrastructures of reforestation. Yet, their efforts become deliberately obstructed by the informal squatters whom conservationists perceive to threaten these ecosystems. Fog capture thus raises questions not only about the relation between infrastructure and environment but also the urban inequalities that must be addressed for such more-than-human relations to become differently configured.