Conservation Conjunctures: Contestation and Situated Consent in Peru's Huascarán National Park

Conservation efforts in Peru's Huascarán National Park reveal a complex interplay of authority and power, shaped by historical sedimentation and situated consent. Despite the park's establishment without prior consultation with local peasant communities, post-facto attempts to include them have led to diverse responses, highlighting the problem of creating consent after defining landscape use. The study examines three distinct cases where the park has negotiated control over aesthetic and productive values, demonstrating that different modalities of governance coexist partially and simultaneously. This research underscores the importance of a grounded, historically specific analysis in processes framed as development, showing how conservation conjunctures continuously shape the relationship between parks and people.

Rasmussen, M., French, A., & Conlon, S. (2019). Conservation Conjunctures: Contestation and Situated Consent in Peru’s Huascarán National Park. Conservation and Society, 17(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_17_14