Seaward and Landward

Summary

This thesis explores the rise of publics around three coastal disputes in three different settings in San Blas (Nayarit) Mexico. The first is centred on Playa del Rey-Haramara-Villanta where it addresses the imbalances around the concession of seafront land between the Wixárica- Nayéeri first nations, and the community organisation Nueva Villa de San Blas (NVSB). The second is centred on the Las Islitas beach, where the NVSB has opposed the Union of Tourist Service Providers Las Islitas (UPST) for the concession of the federal maritime- terrestrial zone. The third is the conflict over marine spaces between the shrimp fleet of Mazatlán (Sinaloa) and the longline fishermen of San Blas (Nayarit). The three conflicts are theoretically framed by the intersection of relational approaches such as assemblage theory (AT), actor-network theory (ANT) and Political Ontology, resulting in the rethinking of certain conventional notions that, from a univocal and anthropocentric perspective, circumscribe the public and politics to the State.