Gaitán, L. (2020). El agua, un anhelo permanente. La minería y sus efectos territoriales sobre el agua en la comunidad afrodescendiente de Patilla, La Guajira, Colombia. Lima: GRADE; UNAL. Avances de Investigación, 39.

In this work, the author analyzes the different transformations that have occurred in Patilla’s relationship with water, from the arrival of mining and the subsequent resettlement process, in 2012. To this end, she analyzes how water It has been linked to the construction and configuration of the territory, both in Origin and in resettlement. In the same way, it systematizes the different uses, practices and meanings around water that arose after the arrival of mining and, finally, identifies the main conflicts around the quality and distribution of water, product of mining and subsequent resettlement.