Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers· 2026Q1
Between Borderisation and Multi/Transterritoriality: Dilemmas of Decolonising Territory in Abya Yala/Afro/Latin America
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Decolonial struggles in Abya Yala/Afro/Latin America involve a tension between imposed 'borderisation' (colonial territorial constraints) and 'multi/transterritorialisation' (bottom-up boundaries for autonomy and coexistence).
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Key points
- Decolonial struggles in Abya Yala/Afro/Latin America are framed by borderisation and multi/transterritorialisation.
- Borderisation involves hegemonic, colonial territorial constraints imposed by state and corporate powers.
- Multi/transterritorialisation refers to bottom-up boundary construction for decolonialised security and autonomy.
- Territory is re-evaluated as an instrument of struggle, re-existence, and the coexistence of multiple worlds.
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Abstract
ABSTRACT This article addresses the issue of territory in Abya Yala/Afro/Latin America from a decolonial perspective and through the links and contradictions between the processes we call borderisation and multi or trans‐territorialisation, emphasising, in this case, the multiplicity of territory as an instrument of struggle and re‐existence, where resistance involves the construction of an alternative mode of existence, allowing for the coexistence of a multiplicity of worlds/territories. Borderisation is linked to the imposition of hegemonic corporate, state and para‐state territorial constraints of the (internal and external) coloniality of power, in contrast to the proposed bottom‐up boundaries aimed at ensuring decolonialised security and autonomy for subalternised groups. Based on these processes, the article reassesses the concept of territory in the Latin American context and its use as a category of social practice in an integrative sense.
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