Extractivismo y fronteras. Una propuesta de organización interpretativa

This paper aims to understand the development of the category of extractivism through its academic production to identify its analytical possibilities and limitations within Latin American border studies.It is based on a systematic and selective documentary review, and on an interpretive framework grounded in critical geography and border studies.Using this framework, it examines four cases of extractivist operations in the Andean-Amazonian region along the borders of Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, related to mining, conservation, and social research fieldwork.The interpretive approach enables an understanding of borderland territories through their heterogeneity and their relationship with extractivism.