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Atacama Desert

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Geodesy. Cartography --- Atacama Desert

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Tout dans l'Atacama tend à disparaître. L'horizon d'abord, et les ombres qu'on aperçoit à peine. Les météorites que nous enlevons à la Terre. Les Changos, exterminés sans lutter, brisés par la variole et le catholicisme, les mines et l'alcoolisme. Et puis les opposants à la dictature de Pinochet dont les os fragmentés, bien qu'invisibles, se dressent à l'horizon comme des pierres sacrées, livides et n'oubliant rien.Quant à savoir pourquoi ces histoires de disparus me touchent tant, moi dont la famille n'a rien à voir avec l'Amérique latine ni avec le militantisme politique, je ne sais pas tout à fait. Sinon que quelqu'un manque. Et que cette personne qui manque c'est elle que je cherche, en même temps que les météorites. M. G.

Atacama, Désert d' (Chili)

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"Widely regarded as the driest place on earth, the seemingly desolate Atacama Desert of Chile is a place steeped in intrigue and haunted by collective memories. This book, based on archival research and the author's personal field work, brings together the works of geographers, historians, anthropologists, botanists, geologists, astronomers, novelists,and others to offer a nuanced understanding of this complex desert landscape. Beginning with the indigenous Atacameño peoples at the southern edge of the Incan Empire, the volume moves through five hundred years of history, sharing accounts written by Spanish, French, German, Dutch, British, American,and other travelers pirates, scientists, explorers, and entrepreneurs among them. The Atacama's austere landscape hides many secrets, including vast mineral wealth, the world's oldest mummies,and the more recent remains of dissidents murdered by the regime of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in the early 1970s. Today numerous observatories operate under the Atacama's clear night skies, astronauts train on the rugged desert floor, and tourists flock there for inspiration. In addition to a rich set of narratives, the book features 115 images historical maps, photographs, and natural history illustrations, most in full color to tell a more complete and compelling story. Imagining the Atacama Desert shows how what was once a wilderness at the edges of empire became one of South America's most iconic regions, one that continues to lure those seeking adventure and the unknown"--Provided by publisher.

Physical geography --- Geography --- Atacama Desert (Chile) --- Desierto de Atacama (Chile) --- Discovery and exploration. --- Civilization.

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Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, Anita Carrasco examines the socio-environmental impacts of contemporary mining on the Atacamenos, an indigenous community in northern Chile, and their home in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest regions in the world. Carrasco describes the impacts of short-term mining corporations like Anaconda Copper that arrived, destroyed, and departed, while explicating the positive and negative memories of those left behind.

Atacameño Indians. --- Atacama Desert (Chile) --- Atacama, Désert d' (Chili) --- Chile. --- Chile