Raw Materials Or Sacred Beings? Lithium Extraction Puts Two Worldviews Into Tension

(ANALYSIS) In Uyuni, where one of the two new lithium plants will be constructed, Indigenous communities acknowledge the presence of these sacred beings. To this day, worshipers in nearby Lipez region explain the salt flat’s origin with a traditional legend: It is the mother’s milk of their Apu, a female volcano named Tunupa.

Analysis, South AmericaMario Orospe HernándezMay 3, 2023The Conversation, Mario Orospe Hernández, Lithium, Climate change, Electric vehicles, Indigenous people, Sacred land, Climate crisis, Sacred beingsComment

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