Thinking with the archipelago mangroves, marginalization, and the making of alternative environmental futures in Cartagena, Colombia

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Thinking with the archipelago mangroves, marginalization, and the making of alternative environmental futures in Cartagena, Colombia

This article proposes ‘Thinking with the Archipelago’ as a critical analytical lens to examine racialized urban ecologies and spatial politics in Cartagena, Colombia. Grounded in long-term ethnographic research along the Ciénaga de la Virgen, Cartagena’s largest urban wetland, this study explores how local communities negotiate socio-ecological marginalization amid colonial continuities, green gentrification, and speculative urbanism.