Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Ecuador

Wealth and access of land in the 21st century: elites in territorial development in the Andean region

The project addresses the notion of political constellations, from the analysis of the role of elites as actors of territorial governance structures, and the articulation between actors involved in extractive mining activities and landowning elites.

Las élites del banano: Estudio historiográfico de la consolidación de las bananeras en la provincia de Guayas, Ecuador, entre 1890 y 1930.

El proyecto analiza los hacendados y su influencia en el tejido social y político regional en la provincia de Guayas entre 1890 y 1930, antes del auge de la industria bananera. Considerará a la tierra como un capital que permitió a una élite influir en las interacciones sociales, culturales, políticas y económicas.

The role that landowning elites play in land use planning processes and in territory development strategies: a comparative analysis between Ecuador and Colombia during the neoliberal period

The project studies the role of landowning elites in Ecuador and Colombia in land use planning processes and territorial development strategies.

Metal mining and agrarian elites. New dynamics of concentration and land grabbing

The project analyzes the relationships between mining actors and landowning elites in the context of the development of mining projects and how land plays an important role in the process of capital reproduction.